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USAMRICD - Wikipedia (153 words) |
 | The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is charged with the development, testing, and evaluation of medical treatments and material to prevent and treat casualties of chemical warfare agents. |
| Its mission includes fundamental and applied research in the pharmacology, physiology, toxicology, pathology, and biochemistry of chemical agents and their medical countermeasures. |
| The USAMRICD supports a Chemical/Biological Rapid Response Team (C/B-RRT), supports and trains Theater Army Medical Laboratory personnel, and maintains a unique chemical surety facility. |
| AWIC Newsletter: Reducing Animal Research at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (1230 words) |
| The USAMRICD AAALAC-accredited since 1984 and with an established animal care and use committee overseeing animal research since the late 1970s was already in compliance with much of the Department of Defense directive when it was issued in 1995 and well on its way to meeting the goals of its Command's research objectives. |
| Researchers at the USAMRICD use the Aplysia californica, a large naked marine mollusk or gastropod with anterior sensory tentacles, commonly referred to as the sea hare or sea slug. |
| The USAMRICD acknowledges that in certain sulfur mustard experimental protocols, SKH-1 hairless mice are an appropriate substitute for the hairless guinea pig. |
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