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Danaher launches collaboration with Johns Hopkins University on TBI diagnostics
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LabPulse.com staff writers
Danaher has launched a partnership with Johns Hopkins University aimed at developing new traumatic brain injury (TBI) diagnostics.
May 9, 2024
Saliva concussion test in development for female athletes leverages non-coding RNA
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Nick Paul Taylor
A panel that tested for 14 non-coding RNAs differentiated concussed subjects from people who were negative on the head injury assessment and a separate control cohort.
May 19, 2023
FDA grants clearance to Abbott for first commercial laboratory test to detect traumatic brain injury
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LabPulse.com staff writers
The test runs on Abbott's Alinity i laboratory immunoassay instrument, providing a result in 18 minutes to help clinicians quickly assess concussion and triage patients, Abbott said. Negative results rule out the need for a CT scan.
March 7, 2023
BrainBox Solutions, USA Hockey announce collaboration on concussion biomarker study
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LabPulse.com staff writers
The project, which is funded by the USA Hockey Foundation, will use BrainBox Solutions’ patented biomarkers to better understand the effect of both acute concussion and subclinical head trauma in athletes participating in high-endurance contact sports.
February 13, 2023
Labcorp NfL test confirms neurodegenerative disease
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LabPulse.com staff writers
The neurofilament light chain (NfL) blood test will allow doctors to identify and verify signs of neurodegenerative disease, enabling physicians to provide a more effective and efficient path to diagnosis and treatment for patients, the firm said.
July 12, 2022
Abbott wins FDA nod for blood test to diagnose concussion
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LabPulse.com staff writers
The test identifies and measures specific proteins that are present in the blood after a traumatic brain injury. Clinicians can use the diagnostic to confirm or rule out the need for CT scans, according to Abbott.
January 10, 2021
Evidence builds for neurofilament light blood test in brain injury patients
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Emily Hayes
The authors of the study, which was funded by the NIH and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), see the results as an encouraging step for the development of serum NfL as a noninvasive biomarker and potential alternative to NfL in cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) for the assessment of TBIs. Researchers published prospective experience with two cohorts: 45 hockey players with acute concussion treated in Sweden, and 230 TBI patients and healthy controls at the NIH's Clinical Center, a research hospital in Bethesda, MD.
July 14, 2020
Neurofilament light blood test shows concussion damage in study of veterans
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Emily Hayes
Sponsored by grant funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium (CENC), the study evaluated levels of the protein NfL in blood tests and how they correlated with concussion in 195 military veterans. Researchers found higher levels in veterans with a history of three or more concussions compared to those who had not had mTBI. In addition, high NfL was associated with more severe symptoms such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression.
May 27, 2020
Blood biomarkers signal concussion in college athletes
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Emily Hayes
The prospective case-control study was funded by the U.S. Department of Defense and the NCAA and conducted through their Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) consortium.
February 6, 2020
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Emily Hayes
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August 26, 2019
Blood test detects concussions not visible on CT scans
By
Abraham Kim
The group evaluated 450 patients who had presented to level I trauma centers for suspicion of TBI after a traffic accident or fall. All of the patients underwent an emergency CT scan that turned out to be normal.
August 25, 2019
Blood test detects concussions not visible on CT scans
The group evaluated 450 patients who had presented to level I trauma centers for suspicion of TBI after a traffic accident or fall. All of the patients underwent an emergency CT scan that turned out to be normal.
August 25, 2019
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