Australian Cte Biobank

Any of us could have a head injury in sport or life. The new Australia CTE Biobank aims to understand repeated mild traumatic brain injury, and the incidence and prevalence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE within the community. CTE is a neurodegenerative condition or type of dementia related to repetitive head trauma in certain sporting and non-sporting environments. Our work will better understand the characteristics of CTE in life, with the opportunity to correlate neuropathological findings after death. This vital work will fill in the gaps for earlier CTE diagnosis, individualised management, prevention and it is hoped, cure.