NHL Legend Claude Lemieux Donates Brain for CTE Research
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The family of NHL star Claude Lemieux announced that his brain will be donated to the UNITE Brain Bank at Boston University’s CTE Center to advance research into chronic traumatic encephalopathy and the effects of repetitive head impacts. They granted permission to identify Lemieux by name in connection with the donation and any findings, calling it a gift to science and asking for respectful discussion of his death, which the family says involved suicide. The UNITE Brain Bank is the world’s largest tissue repository for TBI/CTE research, aiming to develop living diagnostic tests for CTE; Lemieux had a 21-season NHL career, winning four Stanley Cups.
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