{"59213":{"#nid":"59213","#data":{"type":"news","title":"INTA\\\u0027s Kosal Keynotes World Conference on New Smallpox Threat","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt a global workshop sponsored by the Advanced Systems \u0026amp; Concepts Office of the Defense Threat Research Agency within the U.S. Department of Defense, Professor Margaret Kosal described the \u0022game-changing\u0022 nature of threats posed by synthetically manufactured smallpox viruses.  Kosal delivered the keynote address at the \u0022Over the Horizon Workshop on Synthetic Smallpox\u0022 which was held June 29, 2009 in Washington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe threat of smallpox virus being deployed as a biological weapon has seemed remote since stock for the virus has been inaccessible to all but a handful of authorized personnel in the U.S. and Russia.  However, current cutting-edge biotechnology has made de novo (from scratch) synthesis of smallpox, and potentially any virus, a 21st century possibility.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKosal joined experts and representatives from U.S. government agencies and laboratories, the World Health Organization, Interpol, and the World Bank in an exploration of security threats from genetic manipulation of orthopox viruses and the research needed to anticipate them.  Topics  included the role for deterrence, current international and global security arrangements, the role of the U.S. government is guiding the discussion, and possible paths forward to close gaps in the current countermeasures.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"At a global workshop sponsored by the Advanced Systems \u0026amp; Concepts Office of the Defense Threat Research Agency within the U.S. Department of Defense, Professor Margaret Kosal described the \u0022game-changing\u0022 nature of threats posed by synthetically manufactured smallpox viruses.  Kosal delivered the keynote address at the \u0022Over the Horizon Workshop on Synthetic Smallpox\u0022 which was held June 29, 2009 in Washington, D.C.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Synthetic Viruses Pose Worldwide Security Threat"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2009-07-06 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:46","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"59214":{"id":"59214","type":"image","title":"ttd08510.jpg","body":null,"created":"1449176221","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:01","changed":"1475894390","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:50","alt":"","file":{"fid":"190915","name":"ttd08510.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ttd08510_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ttd08510_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":90457,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ttd08510_0.jpg?itok=6qYM9up6"}}},"media_ids":["59214"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/listing.php?uID=29","title":"Margaret Kosal Bio and CV"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4034","name":"margaret kosal"},{"id":"170823","name":"security threats"},{"id":"167279","name":"smallpox"},{"id":"170824","name":"synthetic virus"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=rkeane3\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}