MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE (APPLIED RESEARCH)
Abstract
This project (TB2) funds applied research of vaccines, therapeutic drugs, and diagnostic capabilities to provide effective medical defense against validated biological threat agents including bacteria, toxins, and viruses. Innovative biotechnology approaches will be incorporated to advance medical systems designed to rapidly identify, diagnose, prevent, and treat disease due to exposure to biological threat agents will be advanced. Categories of this project include core science efforts in biological defense capability areas, such as Pretreatments, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics. Medical Science and Technology (S&T) efforts in this Budget Activity refine promising medical initiatives identified in Budget Activity 1, resulting in the development of countermeasures to protect against and treat the effects of exposure to chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) agents. This project also includes efforts such as the Transformational Medical Technologies Initiative (TMTI). The Transformational Medical Technologies Initiative (TMTI) was launched to respond to the threat of emerging or intentionally bioengineered biological threats. TMTI's mission is to protect the Warfighter from genetically engineered biological threats by providing a rapid response capability from identification of pathogens to the delivery of medical countermeasures. This mission is accomplished through two main efforts: 1) developing broad spectrum (multi-agent) therapeutics against biological warfare (BW) agents (e.g, one drug that treats multiple agents); and 2) developing platform technologies to assist in the rapid development of medical countermeasures (MCMs) in response to BW agents (e.g, developing new and innovative ways to mass produce drugs in the event of a biological incident).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- TB2_0602384BP_2_0400_PB_2011
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