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PET Scans Reveal Elevated Tau in NFL Players’ Brains
Jef Akst | Apr 12, 2019 | 2 min read
A study hints that it might be possible to diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative disease associated with frequent head injuries, while patients are still living.
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Muskoxen Headbutts May Cause Brain Damage: Study
Patience Asanga | May 25, 2022 | 4 min read
Researchers report molecular evidence of traumatic brain injury in headbutting animals, but other experts aren’t convinced.
The Science of Head Trauma
Ed Yong | Mar 13, 2013 | 4 min read
Research nears a biomarker for the contact-sport-associated disease that affects athletes long after they’ve retired.
Toward an Immunotherapy for Alzheimer’s Disease
Tanya Lewis | Jul 28, 2016 | 3 min read
Targeting tau antibodies does not require effector function, researchers report.
Week in Review
Jef Akst | Mar 15, 2013 | 3 min read
Disgruntled Nobel loser sues; brain trauma researchers search for biomarker of a chronic condition; receptor for novel coronavirus found; the rise of transcriptomics; and ethical oversight of participant-led research
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Neurologist Paul McCrory Resigns Amid Plagiarism Allegations
Amanda Heidt | Mar 7, 2022 | 4 min read
McCrory left his post as chair of the influential Concussion in Sport Group after several of his editorials appeared to plagiarize other researchers’ work.
Junior Seau Had Brain Trauma
Beth Marie Mole | Jan 10, 2013 | 2 min read
An NIH study finds that the former NFL linebacker who committed suicide last May had signs of degenerative brain disease.
Vital Signs
Kelly Rae Chi | Apr 1, 2011 | 7 min read
By Kelly Rae Chi Vital Signs New frontiers in the search for novel, noninvasive biomarkers Apparatus for collecting exhaled breath condensates to identify protein biomarkers that differ between children with and without asthma Courtesy of VITO The one-size-fits-all approach to therapies is quickly becoming a thing of the past, as drug developers begin stepping up to the challenge of personalized medicine, and regulatory agencies scramble to keep up. As the search
Battlefield Head Trauma
Cristina Luiggi | May 17, 2012 | 2 min read
A new study suggests that the brain injuries suffered by soldiers in Afghanistan may be similar to those observed in some athletes.
Most of NFL Brain Trauma Research Donation to NIH to Go Unspent
Shawna Williams | Jul 28, 2017 | 1 min read
The football league and the government agency part ways over how the money should be used.

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