In just the past year, they’ve been working on new, high-tech treatments for major health problems like cancer, severe hearing loss, and genetic diseases like muscular dystrophy.
While the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, known as CDMRP, is not really a household name that is immediately familiar to many people in the military community, it is well known among medical researchers around the world.
The CDMRP is essentially a U.S. Department of Defense funding organization that has been a hub of cutting-edge healthcare innovation financing since the early 1990s and has impacted health care development inside and outside the military for decades.