Facilitated By

San Antonio Medical Foundation

SwRI, UTSA COLLABORATE TO DETECT TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY THROUGH BREATH ANALYSIS

Southwest Research Institute

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is one of the oldest and largest independent, nonprofit, applied research and development (R&D) organizations in the United States.

Principal Investigator(s)
Dr. Mark Libardoni
Collaborating Institutions
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Funded by
Connecting through Research Partnerships (Connect) program
Research Start Date
Status
Active

Researchers from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are developing techniques to detect traumatic brain injury (TBI) by analyzing breath for specific biomarkers. The project, led by SwRI’s Dr. Mark Libardoni and UTSA’s Dr. Marzieh Memar and Dr. Morteza Seidi, is supported by a $125,000 grant from the Connecting through Research Partnerships (Connect) program.

Breath analysis is performed by analyzing exhaled breath for specific biomarkers, such as metabolites, proteins and cytokines, that are associated with diseases or human performance, such as athletic performance and cognitive function.

Collaborative Project
Disease Modeling
Drug Discovery
Genetics
Medical Devices
Infectious Disease
Neuroscience
Trauma
Cancer
Other