Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative neurological disease found in the brains of athletes and others with a history of repetitive hits to the head, is hard for researchers to pin down. The disease’s prevalence is not known and it is only after death that scientists can confirm if someone was suffering from CTE.
But now, researchers believe they have identified a new biomarker for CTE, called CCL11, that could allow for a person to be diagnosed with the condition while they are still alive.
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