TECHBASE MED DEFENSE (APPLIED RESEARCH)

Abstract

This project (TM2) funds applied research for innovative technology approaches to advance medical systems designed to rapidly identify, diagnose, prevent, and treat disease due to exposure to nuclear, chemical and biological threat agents. Categories for this project include core science efforts in Medical Chemical, Medical Biological, Diagnostics, and the Medical Countermeasures Initiative (MCMI). This project funds applied research for the investigation of new medical countermeasures to include prophylaxes, pretreatments, antidotes, skin decontaminants, and therapeutic drugs against identified and emerging biological and chemical warfare agents. This project provides investment for the development of pretreatments (prophylaxis) and post-irradiation therapeutics against radiological/nuclear exposure. Diagnostic research focuses on providing high quality data closer to the point-of-need comprising devise innovation, panels of biomarkers driven by bioinformatics, and epidemiological modeling tools. 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 and biological (CB) agents. The Medical Countermeasures Initiative (MCMI) was established to coordinate inter-related advancement development and flexible manufacturing capabilities, providing a dedicated, cost-effective, reliable, and sustainable MCM process that meets the warfighter and national security needs. Specifically, the MCMI will provide the capability for the advancement of regulatory science and flexible manufacturing of biological MCM to address CBRN threats, including novel and previously unrecognized, naturally-occurring emerging infectious diseases.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Source ID
TM2_0602384BP_2_0400_PB_2013

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  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

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