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Terry Wallis, 57, Dies; Awoke 19 Years After a Traumatic Brain Injury
Terry Wallis, who spontaneously regained his ability to speak after a traumatic brain injury left him virtually unresponsive for 19…
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Brain Implant Allows Fully Paralyzed Patient to Communicate
In 2020 Ujwal Chaudhary, a biomedical engineer then at the University of Tübingen and the Wyss Center for Bio and…
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John Q. Trojanowski Dies at 75; Changed Understanding of Brain Diseases
Dr. John Q. Trojanowski, a neuropathologist whose work was at the forefront of research on Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases,…
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‘Don’t Write It Off’: Advice From Brain Injury Experts After Bob Saget’s Death
It appeared to be an ordinary fall: Bob Saget, the actor and comedian, knocked his head on something and, perhaps…
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Sports
The Goal Is to Go Fast. Just Not Too Fast.
YANQING, China — U.S.A. Luge’s sleds integrate data from mechanical and aeronautical engineering professors. Ferrari partnered with Italy’s ...
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Two Wyoming Bobsledders. Two Horrific Brain Injuries. One Survivor.
MORGAN, Utah — The weeks before a Winter Olympics are always tough for Joe Sisson. It’s when he thinks most…
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What to Know About C.T.E. in Football
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., has affected boxers since the 1920s, according to the C.T.E. Center at Boston University, but…
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Phillip Adams Had Severe C.T.E. at the Time of Shootings
The posthumous brain examination of Phillip Adams, a 32-year-old retired journeyman N.F.L. player who shot and killed six people in…
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