{"id":25948,"date":"2021-06-21T15:11:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T15:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test11.f5test.in.ua\/blog-press\/report-reveals-never-before-seen-donor-demographics-new-testimonials-from-donor-family-members-including-dwayne-johnson-provides-roadmap-for-the-future\/"},"modified":"2021-06-21T15:11:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T15:11:09","slug":"report-reveals-never-before-seen-donor-demographics-new-testimonials-from-donor-family-members-including-dwayne-johnson-provides-roadmap-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"blog-press","link":"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/news\/press-release\/report-reveals-never-before-seen-donor-demographics-new-testimonials-from-donor-family-members-including-dwayne-johnson-provides-roadmap-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Report reveals never-before-seen donor demographics, new testimonials from donor family members including Dwayne Johnson, provides roadmap for the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>New report from VA-Boston University-Concussion Legacy Foundation Brain Bank marks 1,000 brain donations milestone with inside look at CTE research<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Report reveals never-before-seen donor demographics, new testimonials from donor family members including Dwayne Johnson, provides roadmap for future<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(BOSTON) \u2013 Research collaborators from the VA, Boston University (BU), and the Concussion Legacy Foundation (CLF) published an inspiring new report today, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/1000reasons\">1,000 Reasons for Hope,<\/a>\u201d which exclusively details the first 1,000 brain donors studied at the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank since 2008 and how they have advanced research on concussions and CTE. The report also explains how the next 1,000 brain donors will answer critical questions that take us closer to preventing, diagnosing, and treating CTE, as well as the long-term consequences of concussion and traumatic brain injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur understanding of CTE is far behind that of other neurodegenerative disease like Alzheimer\u2019s Disease and ALS,\u201d said <strong>Dr. Ann McKee, chief of neuropathology for the VA Boston Healthcare System and director of the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank.<\/strong> \u201cEach case we have the honor to study accelerates the science of CTE. Thanks to our Legacy Donors, incredible team and growing national and international collaborations, we are now on the cusp of major breakthroughs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class='content-img-wrap'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5551\" src=\"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture1.png 362w, https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture1-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to our Legacy Donors and their families, as well as our incredible research team, we now have a roadmap for how to diagnose and treat CTE during life,\u201d said <strong>Chris Nowinski, PhD, CLF co-founder and CEO<\/strong>. \u201cOur discoveries have already inspired changes to sports that will prevent many future cases of CTE in the next generation of athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newly released data found only in \u201c1,000 Reasons for Hope\u201d shows the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank has received tissue from donors who died as young as age 14 and as old as age 98, with more than 30 primary exposures to brain trauma.<\/p>\n<p>Football players are by far the most represented group, with 708 donors having football as their primary exposure to head impacts, including 305 former NFL players. Military veterans are the next largest group (66) followed by ice hockey (45), boxing (30), soccer (24), and rugby (18).<\/p>\n<p class='content-img-wrap'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5556\" src=\"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture2.png 220w, https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture2-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The report also reveals the race and sex of the first thousand Legacy Donors, with 77% white, 18% Black, and 5% other races. To ensure our discoveries benefit all, CLF is actively recruiting athletes and veterans from diverse racial backgrounds and exposures to head impacts. Recruiting females is a priority, as only 2.8% of the first thousand brains are female. Everyone is invited to pledge to donate their brain or join CLF\u2019s clinical research registry at <a href=\"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/get-involved\/research-registry\">PledgeMyBrain.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class='content-img-wrap'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5561\" src=\"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The research highlighted in the report would not be possible without the generous contributions made by the families who donated the brain of their loved one. In \u201c1,000 Reasons for Hope,\u201d some of those family members talked publicly about the donation process for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very grateful for the insight the Concussion Legacy Foundation has been able to provide me and my family,\u201d said <strong>Dwayne Johnson, the son of former professional wrestler Rocky Johnson.<\/strong> \u201cLosing my dad without warning was a tough kick in the gut, but one of the saving graces of his passing was coming to understand just how healthy his brain was. As a professional wrestler his entire life his brain endured a lot and I know he\u2019d be proud knowing the donation of it has impacted brain research and hopefully can shed some light and understanding, not only in science, but also to other families around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt provided my family and I with final closure,\u201d said <strong>Gail Evans, widow of former NFL player James Evans.<\/strong> \u201cIt gave us light into a world that had darkened around us and provided us with understanding and peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the next 1,000 Legacy Donors studied, VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank researchers and collaborators expect to make monumental progress in the fight against CTE and traumatic brain injuries. The report features insights from 17 of the world\u2019s top CTE researchers about what they expect to learn from the next thousand donors.<\/p>\n<p>You can read and download the full \u201c1,000 Reasons for Hope\u201d report <a href=\"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/1000reasons\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","blog_press_categories":[42],"class_list":["post-25948","blog-press","type-blog-press","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","blog_press_categories-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Report reveals never-before-seen donor demographics, new testimonials from donor family members including Dwayne Johnson, provides roadmap for the future - Concussion &amp; CTE Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New report from VA-Boston University-Concussion Legacy Foundation Brain Bank marks 1,000 brain donations milestone with inside look at CTE research Report\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/concussionandcte.org\/en-au\/news\/press-release\/report-reveals-never-before-seen-donor-demographics-new-testimonials-from-donor-family-members-including-dwayne-johnson-provides-roadmap-for-the-future\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Report reveals never-before-seen donor demographics, new testimonials from donor family members including Dwayne Johnson, provides roadmap for the future - Concussion &amp; 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