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  <title><![CDATA[Synthetic Biology Could Enable Bioweapons Development]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://inta.gatech.edu/people/person/margaret-e-kosal">Margaret Kosal</a>, associate professor in the Nunn School, was quoted in the&nbsp;<em>Chemical and Engineering News</em>&nbsp;June 18, article,&nbsp;<a href="https://cen.acs.org/content/cen/articles/96/i26/Synthetic-biology-enable-bioweapons-development.html">&ldquo;Synthetic Biology Could Enable Bioweapons Development.&rdquo;</a>&nbsp;The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.</p>

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<p>&ldquo;The report was extremely well done and delivered something that has potential to be useful for policy-makers,&rdquo; says Margaret E. Kosal, a chemist by training and currently a professor of international affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology, who reviewed a draft of the report. In particular, Kosal applauds the committee for prioritizing potential threats, &ldquo;because if everything is a problem, then nothing gets addressed,&rdquo; she says.</p>
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<p>For the full article, visit the&nbsp;<em><a href="https://cen.acs.org/content/cen/articles/96/i26/Synthetic-biology-enable-bioweapons-development.html">Chemical and Engineering News</a>&nbsp;</em>website.</p>
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