DARPA Wants to Identify WMD Threats Through Genetics



Daniel Cebul, C4ISRNET
WASHINGTON An office within the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is preparing to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction by developing a portable device that can identify exposure to a threat agent.The four-year Epigenetic CHaracterization and Observation, or ECHO, program falls under the purview of the Biological Technologies Office, which will attempt to create a device that discriminates if and when a friend or foe has been exposed to a WMD threat agent. Read More