US Patent Issued to THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM on Nov. 11 for "Salivary biomarkers of brain injury" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,095, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Birmingham, Great Britain).

"Salivary biomarkers of brain injury" was invented by Antonio Belli (East Wellow, Great Britain) and Valentina Di Pietro (Birmingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method of diagnosing and/or monitoring mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) or concussion in a subject. The method comprises determining a level of at least one miRNA in a saliva sample from the subject. Also provided is a sensor element, a detection system, composition and a kit for diagnosing and/or monitoring TBI, and a method of determining an ap...