Research
Sweat is the next frontier in biomedical research
There are no limits
Each droplet contains countless hormones, metabolites, micronutrients, proteins, and exogenous agents.
Our sweat provides a direct look into our state of health, hydration, and wellness, which have been largely untapped – until now.
Partnership Opportunities
Epicore has partnered with pharmaceutical companies, food and beverage industry, military organizations, and research universities to characterize metabolic health biomarkers pertaining to human performance, hydration, nutrition, women’s health, and stress research.
Research Partners
Future Directions
Sweat biomarkers unlock insights across a range of new biomedical applications.
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Maternal Health
Metabolic disorders underpin many unfavorable pregnancy outcomes, with cases exceeding 14% of all pregnancies on a global scale. Sweat biomarkers offer a non-invasive and preventative route to manage hormonal and nutritional balance for expecting mothers.
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Muscle Fatigue
Glycogen is the fuel used by the human body to power through intense and long duration workouts. Biomarkers like sweat ketones provide a path to non-invasively track muscle glycogen levels and to manage depletion.
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Stress & Mental Health
Stress biomarkers like cortisol provide new opportunities to quantitatively assess and manage mental wellbeing and physical stress.
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Select Publications
State of Sweat: Emerging Wearable Systems for Real-Time, Noninvasive Sweat Sensing and Analytics
Skin-interfaced wearable systems with integrated colorimetric assays, microfluidic channels, and electrochemical sensors offer powerful capabilities for noninvasive, real-time sweat analysis. This Perspective details recent progress in the development and translation of novel wearable sensors for personalized assessment of sweat dynamics and biomarkers, with precise sampling and real-time analysis.
Wearable Sensors for Biochemical Sweat Analysis
Sweat is a largely unexplored biofluid that contains many important biomarkers ranging from electrolytes and metabolites to proteins, cytokines, antigens, and exogenous drugs.
