July 7, 2020
Long-studied Protein Could Be a Measure of Traumatic Brain Injury
SILVER SPRING, Md. —
Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute for Research have recently demonstrated that cathepsin B, a well-studied protein important to brain development and function, can be used as biomarker, or indicator of severity, for traumatic brain injury. Traumatic brain injury or brain trauma results from blows to the head, leading to life-changing