{"644150":{"#nid":"644150","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Can COVID-19 variants impact testing?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech scientists are working with the CDC to see if Covid-19 tests need to be modified as more virus\u0026nbsp;mutations pop up around the world. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/gregory-gibson\u0022\u003EGreg Gibson,\u003C\/a\u003E professor in the School of Biological Sciences who helped set up Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s initial testing program,\u0026nbsp;tells 11 Alive News that if COVID-19 vaccines and tests have to be tweaked, it will be relatively easy to do so.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-02-11 19:54:16","changed_gmt":"2021-02-11 19:54:16","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Aaron Stebner","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/health\/coronavirus\/can-covid-19-variants-impact-testing\/85-51cb10d9-026a-4668-b400-b022a505b8b9","dateline":{"date":"2021-02-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-02-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"10645","name":"Greg Gibson"},{"id":"185292","name":"covid-19 testing"},{"id":"187007","name":"Covid-19 variants"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}