Pandemic Prevention

Abstract

Military personnel are deployed all over the world for traditional operations that can involve exposure to endemic infectious disease, and are often specifically called upon in response to emerging or re-emerging disease outbreaks with pandemic potential (e.g., Ebola). In both instances, the DoD needs effective countermeasures to protect its deployed forces and maintain warfighter readiness. The Pandemic Prevention program is focusing on novel methods to accelerate countermeasure discovery, pre-clinical testing, and manufacturing. This program seeks to advance and integrate newly developed approaches including bioinformatics assessment of genetic sequencing and nucleic acid-based vaccines and to address technology bottlenecks associated with each stage of medical countermeasure development. Additional research will investigate new methods improving the manufacturability, distribution, and delivery of novel therapeutics. Pandemic Prevention will enable an integrated therapeutic development platform that leverages state-of-the-art technologies to prevent disease outbreaks.

Document Details

Document Type
Accomplishment
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2023
Source ID
e37fd452c59dbde35ac3f7a93a4bf645

Tags

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology

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