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®~FT <br />Attachment B <br />Targeted Industries <br />GENERAL TARGETS (from RTRP Clusters of Innovation, with emphasis on clusters in <br />which UNC-Chapel Hill has research strength): <br />Biological Agents and Infectious Diseases <br />Opportunities in .the area of biological agents include not only public health but also protection <br />of the environment, water supplies and food sources (plant and animal) from natural or terrorist <br />exposure to biological agents. Infectious disease is receiving increased attention because of <br />emerging or re-emerging infectious disease (e.g. mad cow disease, West Nile virus, SARS), <br />drug resistance across all classes of microbial pathogens and bioterrorism. At the regional <br />level, the Research Triangle has multiple strengths, including <br />• World-class public and environmental health research organizations <br />• Discovery and development of new infectious disease therapeutics <br />• Sensors and sensor webs, analytical instrumentation and data mining, which will be <br />critical to early detection and monitoring of outbreaks <br />• Nanomaterials research, which will provide improved barrier systems for infection control <br />Pervasive Computing <br />Pervasive computing enables on-demand access to information from anywhere at anytime. <br />Creation of pervasive computing networks involves integrating wireless technologies, optical <br />communications and computational hardware and software -all areas of strength in the region. <br />The rise of pervasive computing networks will create opportunities in areas such as: <br />• Medical devices that enable monitoring of patients in real-time and improve the quality of <br />health care in rural areas <br />• Wearable electronics that are incorporated into textiles or miniaturized to be worn <br />unobtrusively on the body <br />• Sensor networks deployed at remote locations for various uses, including inventory <br />tracking <br />• Laboratory information management systems, especially to support pharmaceutical <br />research and clinical trials <br />Advanced Medical Care <br />In the next 10-20 years, combined advances in several fields -medical devices and <br />diagnostics, drugs and drug delivery systems, genomics and proteomics, telecommunications <br />and informatics -will revolutionize medical case. Our region offers world-class health care <br />institutions that will continue to lead in the evolution of quality health care. Examples of <br />advanced medical care advances include: <br />• Diagnostic tests to identify early cellular and molecular changes that are characteristic of <br />a given disease <br />• Injectable nanomachines that deliver localized drugs, clean arteries, selectively destroy <br />cancer cells or repair organs <br />• Gene therapy to treat tumors <br />• Remote, cost-effective monitoring of patient progress during and after treatment using <br />wireless sensors and telecommunications <br />