SILVER SPRING, Md. – Yoann Le Breton, with Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), and Evelina Angov, with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), submitted a provisional patent application for an antimicrobial, non-antibiotic solution to wound care on July 17.
Le Breton and Angov, both microbiologists, have experimented with different versions of their messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based antimicrobial solutions to test its effectiveness on wounds, potential application methods and viability in deployed environments where infections resulting from injury present a significant threat to warfighter readiness.
Le Breton’s ultimate vision of this antimicrobial therapy development is creating a treatment that can be...
08.29.2025 | SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND, US |
Story by Aleece Williams
SILVER SPRING, Md. – Yoann Le Breton, with Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), and Evelina Angov, with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), submitted a provisional patent application for an antimicrobial, non-antibiotic solution to wound care on July 17.
Le Breton and Angov, both microbiologists, have experimented with different versions of their messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based antimicrobial solutions to test its effectiveness on wounds, potential application methods and viability in deployed environments where infections resulting from injury present a significant threat to warfighter readiness.
Le Breton’s ultimate vision of this antimicrobial therapy development is creating a treatment that can be...
08.29.2025 | SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND, US |
Story by Aleece Williams
SILVER SPRING, Md. (Aug. 25, 2025) Mackenzie Ryan, a microbiologist with Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), gathers samples to aid research testing antimicrobial therapies. Research is being conducted to treat Staphylococcus Aureus, commonly known as staph, a dangerous and frequently drug-resistant bacteria that is often associated with wound infections. NMRC, headquarters of Navy Medicine Research & Development, is engaged in a broad spectrum of activity from basic science in the laboratory to field studies in austere and remote areas of the world to investigations in operational environments. In support of Navy, Marine Corps and joint U.S. warfighter health, readiness and lethality, researchers study infectious diseases, biological warfare detection and defense, combat casualty care, environmental health concerns, aerospace and undersea medicine, operational mission support and epidemiology. (U.S. Navy photo by Aleece Williams/Released)
