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Here’s what we know about CTE, the brain condition that affected Danny Frawley – The Conversation AU
Although a great deal of research is still required, it may one day be possible to identify and treat people either with CTE, or at risk of it.
News emerged this week former AFL footballer Danny Frawley was suffering from a brain disease called CTE when he died last year, according to reports received by the Victorian Coroner.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, refers to changes in the brain that have been linked to repeated blows to the head, sometimes seen in former players of sports such as rugby and Australian and American football codes. Its believed these changes relate to an abnormal buildup of a protein called tau in the…
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