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Concussion Legacy Foundation celebrates the first 1,000 brain donors studied at the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank.

The 1,000 Reasons for Hope report celebrates 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. Inside you’ll find never-before-seen donor demographics, new testimonials from donor families including Dwayne Johnson, and a roadmap for the future of brain trauma research. This report, created by research collaborators from the VA, Boston University, and the Concussion Legacy Foundation (CLF), explains how the next 1,000 brain donors will answer critical questions that take us closer to preventing, diagnosing, and treating CTE and other long-term consequences of concussion and traumatic brain injury.

“Thanks to our Legacy Donors and their families, as well as our incredible research team, we are closer than ever before to ending CTE. Through tireless research, awareness, and prevention efforts, we continue to pave the way for the eradication of this disease. Our discoveries have already inspired changes in sports that will prevent many future cases of CTE in the next generation of athletes. We are on a journey to cure CTE by 2040. We would not be able to end CTE without the individuals and organizations who support this research through their donations and their advocacy,” says Concussion Legacy Foundation CEO Chris Nowinski, Ph.D..