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ECU Notes: Biotech Center loan helps ECU entrepreneur get noticed

Gabe Dough and his new company, Shure Foods, are creating a buzz in some North Carolina entrepreneurial circles.

Dough, an MBA student at East Carolina University, got a $30,000 low-interest company inception loan from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center to pursue his dream of commercializing a new way to process and sell the meat of swimming crabs such as the highly prized blue version frequently captured in North Carolina coastal waters.

Biotechnology is the use of living cells and their molecules to solve problems and make useful products. Shure Foods uses proprietary materials such as fibrinogen, thrombin, enzymes and proteins to tweak the texture and consistency of the fresh crab meat so it can be formulated into products such as medallions, nuggets or patties.Read Full Article

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