title: The Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine: a collaborative approach to Department of Defense-relevant research.
abstract: The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have resulted in the most severe survivable war injuries ever seen in prolonged conflict. The Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM) was conceived as a way to deliver solutions to the existing gaps in military trauma care. The AFIRM is a collaborative effort between the Department of Defense, academia and private industry to accelerate the development of critically needed technology for the treatment of severely wounded warriors, and to restore to meaningful form and function those who have followed orders into harm's way.
authors: The Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine, US Army Medical Materiel Development Activity, 1430 Veterans Drive, Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA. wendy.k.dean.ctr@us.army.mil
authors: Wendy
authors: W
authors: Dean
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055826:Afghan Campaign 2001-; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D054542:Iraq War, 2003-2011; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008889:Military Personnel; D008954:Models, Biological; D044968:Regenerative Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D059030:United States Department of Defense / Q000458:organization & administration*