"The University of Virginia is building a $300 million dollar biotechnology campus that university and elected officials say will generate life-saving technology, bring thousands of new jobs to the area and put the commonwealth on the map as a life science hub.

'We hope, with this institute, to not necessarily be the ‘UVa Biotechnical Institute,’ but the commonwealth of Virginia’s biotechnical institute,' said Dr. K. Craig Kent, CEO of UVa Health, speaking at an event Friday in the Rotunda at UVa announcing the project.

The new Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology will join UVa Health as a hub for the system’s current treatments, such as immunotherapy and nanotherapy, as well as new additions, such as gene and cellular therapy and drug delivery. The institute will make room for more clinical treatment offerings as well, which will allow patients to receive treatment up to several years before they become widely available, officials said Friday," reports The Roanoke Times. 

Photo: Gov. Glenn Youngkin addresses a crowd in the Rotunda at the University of Virginia announcing a new biotechnology institute on Friday. Mike Kropf, The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress