{"593591":{"#nid":"593591","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Bioinformation Wants to Be Free and Responsible","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMargaret Kosal, associate professor in the\u0026nbsp;Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u0026nbsp;was cited in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EGenetic Engineering \u0026amp; Biotechnology News.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Sometimes a seemingly innocuous project can take on more malevolent overtones,\u0026rdquo; Dr. Kosal explains. \u0026ldquo;For\u0026nbsp;example, a biotech company in southeast Asia decided to engineer a more potent form of the botulinum toxin.\u0026nbsp;From a commercial point of view this makes sense, as less of the product would be needed to have the same\u0026nbsp;effect in cosmetic and medical treatments. Unfortunately, from a biosecurity standpoint, this means the potency\u0026nbsp;of a potential biological weapon increased.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead the complete article\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.genengnews.com\/gen-articles\/bioinformation-wants-to-be-free-iandi-responsible\/6054\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34435","created_gmt":"2017-07-19 17:11:58","changed_gmt":"2017-07-28 18:06:05","author":"jpalacios9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"senior vice provost for education and learning","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.genengnews.com\/gen-articles\/bioinformation-wants-to-be-free-iandi-responsible\/6054","dateline":{"date":"2017-07-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-07-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"454171":{"id":"454171","type":"image","title":"Margaret E. Kosal","body":null,"created":"1449256319","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:11:59","changed":"1567697599","gmt_changed":"2019-09-05 15:33:19","alt":"A portrait photo of Margaret Kosal, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs","file":{"fid":"203429","name":"margaret_e._kosal.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/margaret_e._kosal_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/margaret_e._kosal_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":104687,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/margaret_e._kosal_0.jpg?itok=-EgukQF7"}}},"media_ids":["454171"],"groups":[{"id":"1286","name":"Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"71521","name":"emerging technologies"},{"id":"174955","name":"technological diffusion"},{"id":"543","name":"National Security"},{"id":"169209","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts; Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}