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The Daily Free Press

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Boston University School of Medicine. BU researcher Michael Alosco was awarded a grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study a new method of detecting chronic traumatic encephalopathy — CTE — in living people. SHANNON DAMIANO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU neurology professor receives NIH grant to study brain trauma in NFL players

Anne Jonas January 26, 2021
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders awarded Boston University associate professor of neurology Michael Alosco a two-year $460,000 grant to study the chronic traumatic encephalopathy brain disease.
Ann McKee, the BU Alzheimer's Disease Center' Associate Director and the BU CTE Center's Director, was named one of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Ann McKee named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2018

Jenna Manto April 26, 2018
Boston University professor Ann McKee has been named one of Time Magazine’s most influential pioneers of 2018.

CTE Center study finds neurodegenerative disease can affect teenagers

Annacaroline Caruso January 23, 2018

A recent study conducted by the Boston University CTE Center has found that chronic traumatic encephalopathy may develop as early as one day after a mild head injury, regardless of whether or not the individual...

PHOTO BY KATIE GODERE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Former NFL star Nick Buoniconti pledges brain to BU CTE Center

Elise Takahama November 3, 2017

A little over a month after scientists announced they may have discovered a way to diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in living people — not just postmortem — athletes and veterans...

Boston University's Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center releases a major study on July 25 detailing the possible link between playing football and suffering from CTE, a neurodegenerative brain disease. PHOTO BY FRANCHESCA VIAUD/DFP FILE PHOTO

BU’s CTE Center announces American football players may be at risk of long-term brain disease

Alana Levene July 29, 2017

Researchers at Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center released a study Tuesday that found that 177 of 202 former football players’ brains linked repetitive head impact with...

The sports safety seminar at Friday's Play It Forward summit emphasized on the consequences of repetitive head trauma and the dangers of CTE. PHOTO BY SOFIA LAURITO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Professor, coach, student-athlete discuss consequences of concussions

Oriana Durand April 16, 2016

Boston University School of Medicine professor Ann McKee; Chris Nowinski, co-founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation; and Rachel Blauner, a midfielder on the BU women’s soccer team, discussed...

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