New research finds that chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) — a neurodegenerative disease diagnosed after death, most often in athletes who played contact sports and in military personnel — is not just caused by repeated head impact but also linked to DNA damage similar to that seen in Alzheimer’s disease.

From Christopher Walsh, Eunjung Alice Lee, Michael B. Miller, August Yue Huang, and colleagues. Co-first authors Guanlan Dong and Chanthia C Ma. Read more at HMS News.