Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs – the hot new word for concussions) often transition from minor/temporary injuries to major/long-term problems when multiple head traumas occur before the brain fully recovers. The current methods for diagnosis are suboptimal: psychological tests are inconsistent and brain scans are slow, expensive, and often unavailable. Finding a ‘concussion biomarker’ – a protein whose levels quickly rise in the blood following … Continue reading Are blood biomarkers the new way to diagnose concussion? Not quite yet, but we’re getting closer.