Bats Help Solve the Marburg Mystery 06.14.2018 | Courtesy Video Could bats help cure diseases? New research suggests it's possible! Exploring the difference between bat and human antiviral response, researchers...
2017 CBD S&T Conference Wrap-Up 02.02.2018 | Courtesy Video The 2017 CBD S&T Conference brought 1,400 scientists, program managers and leaders together from across the globe to make the world safer by...
DTRA 20th Anniversary Legacy Video 01.22.2018 | Video by Jessica Lewis DTRA's history begins with the #ManhattanProject, which then split into the Atomic Energy Commission and the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project...
Rickey Smith 2017 CBD S&T Conference Keynote... 11.29.2017 | Courtesy Video Mr. Rickey Smith Deputy Chief of Staff, G-9 U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command The 2017 CBD S&T Conference brought 1400 scientists,...
Dr. Robert Kadlec 2017 CBD S&T Conference Keynote... 11.29.2017 | Courtesy Video Dr. Robert Kadlec Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response U.S. Department of Health & Human Services The 2017 CBD S&T Conference...
Special Session: “It’s All About the Warfighter... 11.29.2017 | Courtesy Video Senior warfighters discussed chemical and biological-related operational and capability challenges and how to address them through innovation. A...
Prof. S. James Gates, Jr. 2017 CBD S&T Conference... 11.29.2017 | Courtesy Video Prof. S. James Gates, Jr. Department of Physics Brown University Prof. Gates speaks about inspiration, innovation and collaboration. The 2017...
The Chem/Bio Defense S&T Portfolio - Neil Jensen, Ph.D. 11.28.2017 | Courtesy Video A panel of DTRA CB division chiefs give an overview of their division’s portfolio. 2017 CBD S&T Conference brought scientists, program managers...
A Breath of Fresh Air: Botulism Antidote in Development 05.23.2018 | Courtesy Story Odorless, tasteless and difficult to detect, botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are some of the most toxic poisons on earth. A teaspoon of pure BoNT...
Preparedness In A Patch: Therapeutic Delivery in a CLIP 05.23.2018 | Courtesy Story Delivering therapeutics can be tricky under the best circumstances – needles need to be administered precisely either subcutaneously,...
Brain Teaser: How Do We Defend Against Chem/Bio... 05.23.2018 | Courtesy Story More than a century ago scientists Paul Ehrlich and Edwin Goldman noticed that intravenous administration of blue dye stained all organs except...
The Butterfly Effect: Vapor Detection Takes Flight 04.26.2018 | Courtesy Story Every spring caterpillars shed their cocoons, emerging as butterflies. This timeless symbol of change is now being applied to enhanced chemical...
On the Leading EDGE of Innovation 04.26.2018 | Courtesy Story Often innovation is accomplished in incremental steps, rather than leaps and bounds. However, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Chemical and...
Creating Generation Stem 04.26.2018 | Courtesy Story The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Chemical and Biological Technologies Department focuses on safeguarding the warfighter and nation from...
The Verdict is Out: Trials Advance Ebola Vaccine 03.15.2018 | Courtesy Story It turned from a localized problem to pandemic – first hundreds, then thousands, then tens of thousands were infected. The 2014 West Africa...
Resistance is Futile: Defeating Antibiotic Overuse 03.15.2018 | Courtesy Story Experts estimate that by 2050, 10 million people will die every year due to antimicrobial resistance, unless a global response is initiated. Minor...
JSTO in the News - 05.23.2018 A Breath of Fresh Air: Botulism Antidote in Development; Preparedness In A Patch: Therapeutic Delivery in a CLIP; Brain Teaser: How Do We Defend...
JSTO in the News - 04.26.2018 The Butterfly Effect: Vapor Detection Takes Flight; On the Leading EDGE of Innovation; Creating Generation STEM
JSTO in the News - 03.15.2018 The Trial is Out: Trials Advance Ebola Vaccine, Resistance is Futile: Defeating Antibiotic Overuse
JSTO in the News - 02.16.2018 Of Mice to Men: First Melioidosis Vaccine on the Horizon, New Recipes for Decontamination
JSTO in the News - 01.12.2018 Following the Paper Trail to Identify Threats, Practical & Tactical: Form Follows Function to Undermine Threats
JSTO in the News - 12.12.2017 Epidemic Control On the Double, What CANDO Can Do for the Warfighter, Safely Transporting Our Fallen with Honor, Dignity and Respect
JSTO in the News - 11.03.2017 Accelerating Drug Development: The Need For Speed, Clueing In On BioMarkers For Detection, Perceptive Dragon Gives Early Warning
JSTO in the News - 10.10.2017 Elephant Tranquilizer to Chemical Weapon: Characterizing and Treating New Threats, Turning Bat Genes Into Future Vaccines
A Breath of Fresh Air: Botulism Antidote in Development 05.23.2018 | Courtesy Photo A single dose of Cyto-111 provides protection in mice at times refractory to antitoxin treatment. Mice lethally intoxicated with 2x LD50 BoNT/A...
The Butterfly Effect: Vapor Detection Takes Flight 04.26.2018 | Courtesy Photo Notional image illustrating how light reflected from butterfly wing scales results in unique data when in the presence of different vapors....
The Verdict is Out: Trials Advance Ebola Vaccine 03.15.2018 | Courtesy Photo Amy Shurtleff, Ph.D., works in a biosafety level 4 laboratory at USAMRIID. Shurtleff is part of a team that evaluated the protective efficacy of...
New Recipes for Decontamination 02.16.2018 | Courtesy Photo Starting challenge was 1 g/m^2, so approximately 2 mg. test conditions were 60 min age, 30 min dwell time for the decontaminants, passive water...
Following the Paper Trail to Identify Threats 01.12.2018 | Courtesy Photo The analyte (red) potentially in a complex matrix such as blood and urine. The paper itself could be used to directly collect samples from the...
What CANDO Can Do for the Warfighter 12.12.2017 | Courtesy Photo CANDO has a convenient web browser/Jupyter notebook interface that allows computational chemists to write programs to construct molecules. It also...
Accelerating Drug Development: The Need For Speed 11.03.2017 | Photo by Nate McDonald Schematic of integrated liver, heart and lung models interconnected by microfluidic devices that simulate the human circulatory system. (Graphic...
Chemical and Biological Defense Science &... 10.24.2017 | Courtesy Photo The Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department will host the 2017 Chemical and Biological Defense Science &...
