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CTE

Kat j. McAlpine interviews Ann McKee in her research lab about CTE

CTE & Football

What Does Football Do to the Brain?

January 30, 2020

The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the center of Messier 87 (M87) and its shadow. The shadow of the black hole seen here is the closest we can come to an image of the black hole itself, a completely dark object from which light cannot escape

Research that Rocks

12 Breakthroughs That Wowed Us in 2019

December 19, 2019

Patriots player Rob 'Gronk' Gronkowski gets tackled during a game against the Seattle Seahawks.

CTE

CTE Risk More Than Doubles after Just Three Years of Playing Football

October 7, 2019

Science & Technology

The Transformers

September 20, 2019

DEMENTIA IN CTE

Five New Answers about the Link between Football, CTE, and Dementia

August 5, 2019

NIick Buoniconti #85 of the Miami Dolphins in action during an NFL football game at the Orange Bowl circa 1972 in Miami, Florida.

CTE

Patriots Legend Nick Buoniconti Dies

August 1, 2019

US midfielder Michelle Akers and Brazil's Grazielle lie injured after going up for a header at the Women's World Cup semi-final match between the US and Brazil 04 July, 1999.

CTE

How Does CTE Impact Women? Former Soccer Stars Join the First All-Female CTE Study at BU

July 3, 2019

Graphic symbolizing neurotrauma showing the silhouette of a human head with the top blowing off in layers.

Accolades

BU Researchers Awarded Massachusetts Life Sciences Capital Grant

April 29, 2019

Rob Gronkowski celebrating after one of the super bowls

Sports

Gronk Retires. Were Concussions and CTE a Factor?

March 27, 2019

Scott Nichols, Senior Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations, Bosotn University, Campaign for Boston University fundraising campaign initiative

University News

Scott Nichols to Retire after Leading BU’s Successful First Comprehensive Campaign

February 15, 2019

Microscopic image of high accumulations of p-tau in the brain tissue of a deceased person with the "major" genetic variation of the TMEM106B protein.

CTE

Why Some People’s CTE Symptoms Are More Severe Than Others

November 3, 2018

Ann McKee, director of BU’s CTE Center

Neuroscience

Ann McKee Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

October 15, 2018

Ann McKee’s pioneering research into the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has earned her a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alzheimer’s Association. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Accolades

Another Accolade for CTE Researcher Ann McKee

August 7, 2018

Two men wearing helmets boxing with one punching the other in a ring.

Neuroscience

Contact Sports Associated with Lewy Body Disease

July 31, 2018

kids playing tackle football

CTE

MED Researchers: Youth Football Linked to Earlier Brain Problems

April 30, 2018

CTE in teenage brains

CTE

BU-Led Study: CTE May Occur without Concussions

January 18, 2018

Aaron Hernandez as an NFL player with the New England Patriots

CTE

Aaron Hernandez’s CTE Worst Seen by BU Experts in a Young Person

November 9, 2017

Ann McKee and Jonathan Cherry, researchers at the Boston Universtiy

CTE

BU Researchers ID Possible Biomarker for Diagnosing CTE during Life

September 26, 2017

Ann McKee, director of BU’s CTE Center

CTE

CTE Found in 99 Percent of Former NFL Players Studied

July 26, 2017

Mckee

CTE

Brain Trauma and CTE

February 3, 2017

Brain Trauma and CTE