Story by Walter Ham | 20th CBRNE Command | 03.10.2022
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland – U.S. Army civilian microbiologists from the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Analytical and Remediation Activity help to safeguard American citizens and U.S. troops from biological warfare agents....
Story by Denise alford | Naval Medical Research Command | 03.05.2020
PUTUMAYO RIVER, Peru-A staff member from U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6 (NAMRU-6) embarked with the Peruvian Navy aboard the vessel B.A.P Rio Putumayo II (PIAS 3104) in Iquitos, Peru for a 30-day mission from 19 November to 19 December along the Putumayo River, which forms the border between Peru and Colombia. Stephen Lizewski, microbiologist and Deputy Department Head of Parasitology,......
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 10.15.2018
The Joint Science and Technology Office (JSTO) Science Review (JSR) fosters collaboration, cooperation and innovation by allowing program managers and senior leadership to understand the latest warfighter-driven technologies in development....
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 10.15.2018
DNA-based nucleic acid vaccines have the potential to become a universal platform solution to viral threat agents. The U.S. Department of Defense is currently developing DNA vaccines to protect against a variety of viral threats including alphaviruses, filoviruses and hantaviruses....
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 10.15.2018
When Ebola virus disease (EVD) reared its head in May in the Congo, the world was armed with the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine thanks to interagency collaboration efforts by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Chemical and Biological Technologies Department....
