BU Plans Study that Will Examine Concussions and NFL Players

Boston University (BU) recently announced it will be conducting a new study called DETECT. It is the first study of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) funded by the National Institutes of Health.   DETECT is a three-year study whose goal is to find differences between NFL players and athletes who haven’t experienced hits to the head. While the only current way to confirm CTE is by examining brains after death, DETECT will analyze the brains of living patients.   Until CTE can be