Chemical and Biological Operational Analysis (CBOA) 05.06.2019 | Courtesy Video Over five days, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Chemical and Biological Technologies Department held a chemical and biological operational...
Sprayable Slurry 01.31.2019 | Courtesy Video Researchers at DTRA and U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command are developing a Sprayable Slurry that makes decontaminating...
How Sweet It Is! 12.20.2018 | Courtesy Video Researchers at DTRA CB teamed up with Northwestern and Cornell Universities to to potentially speed up therapeutic development with GlycoSCORES.
Cloudy With a Chance of Melioidosis 08.29.2018 | Courtesy Video How does weather influence the spread of disease-causing bacteria? Researchers at @UCLA and DTRA wanted to find out. http://bit.ly/2Lhn6xH
SAHARA Harnesses Big Data to Model CBRN Events 08.20.2018 | Courtesy Video The SAHARA algorithm allows researchers to take huge data sets such as climate data and model CBRN events.
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...
Illuminating anthrax 12.16.2019 | Courtesy Story The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Chemical and Biological Technologies Department (DTRA CB) has a new test that reduces the time needed to...
Keeping Your Cool: The Personal Thermal Management... 12.13.2019 | Courtesy Story Impermeable protective suits (see Figure 1) prevent chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) hazards from touching skin, but they...
Micromotor nanotoxoid: A novel delivery vehicle for... 12.13.2019 | Courtesy Story Though tiny in stature, a nano-sized particle boasts a large surface area and can be manipulated to deliver drugs to a specific site in the body....
CBART: When Skin Is in the Game 11.01.2019 | Courtesy Story Skin is the largest organ in the body and often the first to absorb environmental toxins. In the setting of a military conflict, exposure to...
The Smell of Victory: Aerosolized Melioidosis... 11.01.2019 | Courtesy Story Sarah, a woman in her 20s, has had a dry cough and fever for two weeks. She’s in upstate New York, awaiting her next deployment; she was...
ADAMANT about Warfighter Protection 09.19.2019 | Courtesy Story Exposure to biological warfare agents, such as the botulinum neurotoxin, can be fatal. The neurotoxin is naturally released by the bacterium...
Where Scientists and Disaster Converge – The... 09.19.2019 | Courtesy Story Managing a large-scale disaster involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive (CBRNE) materials requires specific skills,...
It’s Gettin’ Hot and Humid in Here 06.04.2019 | Courtesy Story It’s a typical August afternoon in the southeastern U.S. The hot, humid air is thick enough to slice with a knife. Everyone feels somewhere...
JSTO in the News - 12.13.2019 Illuminating anthrax; Keeping your cool: the Personal Thermal Management System; Micromotor nanotoxoid: a novel delivery vehicle for oral vaccines
JSTO in the News - 11.01.2019 CBART: When Skin Is in the Game; The Smell of Victory: Aerosolized Melioidosis Vaccine in Development
JSTO in the News - 09.19.2019 ADAMANT about Warfighter Protection; Where Scientists and Disaster Converge – The Scientist in the Foxhole Program
JSTO in the News - 06.04.2019 It's Gettin' Hot and Humid in Here; The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, but it Will be 3D Printed; No Longer Left Out in the Cold: MOU Improves...
JSTO in the News - 01.31.2019 No Small Thing: "Nanobot" Enzymes Counter Chemical Threats, Perceptive Dragon 2: Honing Integrated Early Warning Capabilities, Sprayable Slurry...
JSTO in the News - 12.17.2018 Fluorescence Lights the Way Toward Improved Protective Garments, Warfighters Test Drive Tomorrow's Technology, Pioneering the Data Frontier:...
Bioluminescent luciferase protein is expressed in... 12.16.2019 | Courtesy Photo On the left, infected bacterial colonies are shown in the light. On the right, they are shown in the dark, where bioluminescenceis clearly seen....
Schematic of micromotor toxoids for oral vaccination 12.13.2019 | Courtesy Photo Micromotor nanotoxoids are fabricated in a sequential process (a). When micromotor toxoids are administered orally to mice (b), the enteric...
CBART: When Skin Is in the Game 06.10.2019 | Courtesy Photo CBART test fixture and its 10 identical test cells. (Image courtesy of Dr. Bruce D. McVeety, Battelle)
The Revolution Will Not be Televised, but it Will... 06.04.2019 | Courtesy Photo Collaboration between Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Chemical and Biological Technologies Department and Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative...
An Epic Tool for Force Readiness 03.26.2019 | Courtesy Photo Proposed list of EpiGrid diseases and release schedule.
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto 11.16.2018 | Courtesy Photo Porton Man is a sensor-equipped mannequin capable of detecting and evaluating the impact of chemical and biological agents on warfighter uniforms,...
Next-Generation DNA Delivery Devices 10.15.2018 | Courtesy Photo A number of DNA vaccine delivery devices are in commercial development which have the potential to overcome these logistical burdens. Several of...
Ebola Virus Disease 10.15.2018 | Courtesy Photo 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...
