The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) is a

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medical

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located at

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, US. It is the leading science and technology laboratory of the

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for the

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, testing, and evaluation of medical chemical warfare countermeasures including therapies and materials to treat

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of chemical warfare agents. The mission of USAMRICD — known in the 1950s and 1960s as the Medical Research Laboratories — includes fundamental and

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in the

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, and

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of chemical agents and their medical countermeasures. In addition to research, the Institute, in partnership with the

United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID; ) is the United States Army's main institution and facility for defensive research into countermeasures against biological warfare. It is located on Fort D ...

(USAMRIID), educates health care providers in the medical management of chemical and biological agent casualties. The USAMRICD supports a Chemical/Biological Rapid Response Team (C/B-RRT), supports and trains Area Medical Laboratory (formerly Theater Area Medical Laboratory) personnel, and maintains a chemical surety facility. USAMRICD is a subsidiary of

United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command The United States Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) is the United States Army's medical materiel developer, responsible for medical research, development, and acquisition. Overview USAMRDC Headquarters at Fort Detrick, Mar ...

(USAMRMC) and houses more than 300 employees, including researchers and support personnel. The United States Army Center for Environmental Health Research,

Fort Detrick, Maryland Fort Detrick () is a United States Army Futures Command installation located in Frederick, Maryland. Fort Detrick was the center of the U.S. biological weapons program from 1943 to 1969. Since the discontinuation of that program, it has hosted m ...

is part of USAMRICD.

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USAMRICD websiteUSAMRICD Chemical Casualty Care Division

Chemical Defense Chemical defense is a strategy employed by many organisms to avoid consumption by producing toxic or repellent metabolites or chemical warnings which incite defensive behavioral changes. The production of defensive chemicals occurs in plants, fung ...

Biochemistry research institutes Chemical warfare facilities Biological warfare facilities Harford County, Maryland Medical and health organizations based in Maryland {{US-Army-stub

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