"Researchers Make Progress Toward Identifying CTE in the Living"
One of the frustrations of researchers who study chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head hits, is that it can be detected only in autopsies, and not in the living. A study published in the journal Translational Psychiatry focused on a 39-year-old former N.F.L. player who had sustained 22 concussions. Doctors at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York said PET scans revealed that the biomarker AV1451 bound to the parts of the player’s brain in the same way as in people diagnosed with C.T.E. posthumously. Learn more.
Lung Cancer Rewires Immune Cells in the Bone Marrow to Weaken Body’s Defenses
Sep 10, 2025 View All Press Releases
Single Hair Strand Could Provide Biomarker for ALS, Mount Sinai Study Finds
Sep 04, 2025 View All Press Releases
New AI Tool Addresses Accuracy and Fairness in Data to Improve Health Algorithm
Sep 04, 2025 View All Press Releases
Mount Sinai Study Discovers Potential Link Between Stress and Type 2 Diabetes
Sep 03, 2025 View All Press Releases
Mount Sinai Researchers Use AI and Lab Tests to Predict Genetic Disease Risk
Aug 28, 2025 View All Press Releases