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Barbara Kram, Editor | October 01, 2008
"We are eager to participate in this exciting program", noted Lawrence A. Crum, Research Professor and Principal Investigator of the University of Washington effort. "This unique technology offers a real opportunity to address a major problem in battlefield trauma."
"The challenge of applying our extensive animal modeling expertise to develop this potentially life-saving technology is exciting", noted Matthew W. Miller, DVM, Professor of Cardiology and Associate Director for Research at TIPS. "The opportunity to work closely with talented colleagues at SCR and UW will ensure that the likelihood of success is maximized."
The team will be working in collaboration with future users of the technology to maximize its potential, including the Combat Casualty Care Group at the US Army Medical Research and Material Command, surgeons from the Madigan Army Medical Center, and the US Army Institute for Surgical Research.
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