Could concussion be monitored through urine samples?

Concussion can be hard to diagnose and track. It doesn’t show up on routine brain scans, and there is no definitive diagnostic test. New research could lead to urine ‘biomarkers’ that could be used to diagnose concussion and monitor recovery. Using proteomics, researchers compared urine samples from college athletes with and without concussion. Two proteins thought to be involved in brain injury repair emerged as reliable concussion predictors.

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