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About US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

USAMRIID, located at Fort Detrick, Maryland, is the lead medical research laboratory for the U.S. Department of Defense Biological Defense Research Program, and plays a key role in national defense and in infectious disease research. The Institute's mission is to conduct basic and applied research on biological threats resulting in medical solutions (such as vaccines, drugs and diagnostics) to protect the warfighter. USAMRIID is a subordinate laboratory of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command.

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02-May-2016 | science

Ebola virus genome provides clues to repeated disease 'flare-ups' in Western Africa

Ebola virus samples taken from patients in Liberia in June 2015 are strikingly similar in their genetic makeup to other Ebola virus sequences from Western ...

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US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

02-Dec-2014 | science

Human antibodies produced in DNA-vaccinated cows protect in lethal models of hantavirus

Scientists investigating the potentially deadly hantavirus have used a novel approach to developing protective antibodies against it. Their work, published ...

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US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

02-Jul-2014 | science

USAMRIID research sheds light on how deadly lassa virus infects cells

Scientists have discovered that the Lassa virus, which is endemic to West Africa, uses an unexpected two-step process to enter cells. The results, ...

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US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

23-Aug-2010 | science

Novel 'antisense' therapies protect primates from lethal Ebola and Marburg viruses

New studies show that treatments targeting specific viral genes protected monkeys infected with deadly Ebola or Marburg viruses. Furthermore, the animals ...

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US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

24-Aug-2009 | science

Single host gene may hold key to treating both ebola and anthrax infections

Research published by Army scientists indicates that a minor reduction in levels of one particular gene, known as CD45, can provide protection against two ...

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US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

03-Apr-2007 | research and development

Anthrax Monoclonal Antibody Valortim Demonstrates Therapeutic Effect in New Primate Model

Pilot Study Demonstrates 50% Survival in Valortim-Treated Animals

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US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

19-Dec-2006 | science

Elusys and U.S. Army extend biodefense collaboration

Elusys Therapeutics, Inc. announced that it has extended its Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRDA) with the United States Army Medical ...

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18-Apr-2006 | science

Alnylam To Collaborate with United States Army on RNAi Therapeutics for Biodefense Threats

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the signing of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States Army Medical ...

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