Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with repeated blows to the head, particularly in relation to contact sports, such as American football and boxing. Understanding of the disease is limited and there is no available treatment. Definitive diagnosis currently depends on examination of the brain after death. Work by Michel Goedert’s group … Continue reading New tau structures may benefit diagnosis and treatment of head injury-associated neurodegeneration