Arizona PBS Logo

New techniques being worked on in Arizona may detect CTE in brains of living football players

More from this show

Currently Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, can only be diagnosed in the brains of those who have passed on. More than 50 NFL players who have died have been diagnosed with CTE, but now researchers from Arizona State University, Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Boston University are working on diagnosing CTE in living former NFL players. We’ll talk to Diego Mastroeni, a researcher with the ASU-Banner Neurological Disease Research Center at the Biodesign Institute, about the work being done to diagnose living players with CTE.

A map of the U.S. with our Arizona PBS logo on top of Arizona

Ever wonder how shows like ‘Arthur’ or ‘Antiques Roadshow’ get made?

Super Why characters

Join a Super Why Reading Camp to play, learn and grow

Diners eat outside on an episode of Check, Please! Arizona

Be a guest on “Check, Please! Arizona”

A television with logos from Arizona PBS and Amazon Prime on the screen

Arizona PBS is now free to stream for Prime Video viewers in the U.S.

Subscribe to Arizona PBS Newsletters

STAY in touch
with azpbs.org!

Subscribe to Arizona PBS Newsletters: