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Hasselbeck Joins Study Seeking Living CTE Diagnosis

8/12/2026

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  • NFL quarterback Matt Hasselbeck joined a University study to diagnose CTE in living people.
  • Lead researcher Michael Alosco is comparing former football players with patients who had no head impacts, using 10 participants in Arizona.
  • Hasselbeck underwent PET scans, will donate his brain after death, and noted three concussions.
  • Alosco said a living-person CTE diagnosis would enable trials and expand the study to sites, since CTE can be diagnosed post-mortem.