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It\u2019s a smart guess\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222019-04-10T14:29:00-07:00\u0022\u003E04\/10\/2019-2:29pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"When you search online for \u201cCTE and NFL,\u201d you\u2019ll find a list of 54 professional football players who have died and were diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. It\u2019s a smart guess that hundreds more cases are unaccounted for among living former players. But now, Arizona researchers are playing a key role in the search for new ways to identify CTE before death.","teaser":"When you search online for \u201cCTE and NFL,\u201d you\u2019ll find a list of 54 professional football players who have died and were diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE \u2014 names like Frank Gifford, Ken Stabler,","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/article_heros\/cte-study-new-crop.jpg?itok=kMZiXuaO","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20190410-discoveries-new-techniques-may-detect-cte-brains-living-former-nfl-players","hide_byline":"1","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/article_heros\/cte-study-new-crop.jpg?itok=kMZiXuaO","image_alt":"A football helmet with a skull and brain image inside","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center|School of Life Sciences|Biodesign Institute|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences|Mayo Clinic","interests":"Biology|Bioscience|Health care|Research|Sports","audiences":"Faculty|Community","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"featured_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"81279","title":"Seed grants sprout novel health research","body":"People who are severely injured in the upper extremities may experience nerve damage that impairs motor function from shoulder to hand. Unable to flex their elbows, these people cannot fulfill everyday tasks like putting on a shirt or raising a glass of water.But what if researchers designed a\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222019-01-16T14:53:00-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/16\/2019-2:53pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Eight innovative pilot studies will be explored through the 2019 Mayo Clinic and ASU seed grant program.","teaser":"People who are severely injured in the upper extremities may experience nerve damage that impairs motor function from shoulder to hand.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/mayo-clinic_1170x625_v4.jpg?itok=NxmwW_VZ","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20190116-solutions-seed-grants-sprout-novel-health-research","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"Robin Tricoles","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/mayo-clinic_1170x625_v4.jpg?itok=NxmwW_VZ","image_alt":"Researcher using a pipette","image_caption":"By launching novel research on a small scale, researchers have been able to attract funding needed for larger studies that may make a significant impact in their fields and improve patient care.","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence|School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering|The Polytechnic School|School of Molecular Sciences|School of Life Sciences|Ira A. 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By 2050, that number is expected to almost triple.John O\u2019Donnell, 77, of Sun City, Arizona, has been living with dementia for the past seven years.For the last few months, Arizona State\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222019-01-04T15:41:00-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/04\/2019-3:41pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"The World Health Organization estimates roughly 47 million people worldwide are currently living with dementia. ASU faculty associate Gillian Hamilton developed a new course to encourage students to consider hospice and palliative care as career options. Part of the course includes visiting dementia patients to gain firsthand experience in the field. ","teaser":"The World Health Organization estimates roughly 47 million people worldwide are currently living with dementia. 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Unlike the heart, brain or lungs, the kidneys do not always give out a clear warning signal\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222018-11-16T10:33:00-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/16\/2018-10:33am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Unlike the heart, brain or lungs, the kidneys do not always give out a clear warning signal that there is a problem, so diagnostic tests can only identify kidney failure after it has occurred. For the last three years, a team of Arizona State University and Mayo Clinic researchers have been testing a hypothesis that reimagines how acute kidney injury is diagnosed.","teaser":"For more than half a century, doctors have been administering two types of tests to identify kidney damage: one that measures levels of creatinine in the body, and one that looks at the rate of urine output.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/microscope-275984_1920.jpg?itok=CV5kY6ZJ","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20181116-discoveries-asu-and-mayo-clinic-researchers-developing-faster-way-diagnose-kidney-failure","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"Katherine Reedy","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Downtown Phoenix campus, Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/microscope-275984_1920.jpg?itok=CV5kY6ZJ","image_alt":"microscope","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors|School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy|Ira A. 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Who you were then, and who you are now. For many, who they are now might be a surprise. They are people who navigate river rapids, jump off cliffs and paddle dragon boats in foreign waters \u2014 even if they didn\u2019t consider themselves athletes before.","teaser":"Cancer draws a line across a life: before diagnosis, and after. Who you were then, and who you are now.\u0026nbsp;For many, who they are now might be a surprise.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/180628-dragon-boat-cancer-team-2119-cropped.jpg?itok=cq3aNBJ7","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20180917-sun-devil-life-asu-alumni-cancer-survivors-physically-active","hide_byline":"1","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/180628-dragon-boat-cancer-team-2119-cropped.jpg?itok=cq3aNBJ7","image_alt":"Phoenix Desert Dragons team rows on Tempe Town Lake","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"Global Sport Institute|Mayo Clinic|Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication","interests":"ASU Thrive|Health care","audiences":"Alumni","locations":"","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Health and medicine"}},{"node":{"nid":"79596","title":"ASU, Mayo research collaboration seeks early diagnosis for Parkinson\u0027s","body":"In 1999, when Americans watched as Michael J. Fox \u2014 beloved to many as the smooth, wisecracking Marty McFly \u2014 swayed and shifted uncontrollably, clenching and unclenching his fists as he provided solemn testimony to the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the realities of life with Parkinson\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222018-08-27T13:51:00-07:00\u0022\u003E08\/27\/2018-1:51pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Like many neurological disorders, Parkinson\u2019s disease is characterized by the slow degeneration of physical and mental functions that only present once it has progressed beyond the point where medical intervention can do anything to stop it. But how do you diagnose a disease before it displays observable signs? Dr. Charles Adler of Mayo Clinic and ASU Professor Michael Sierks are hoping to identify blood-based biomarkers for Parkinson\u2019s that would allow for earlier, more accurate diagnoses and more targeted treatment options. 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The findings appear in the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents.This\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222018-08-21T06:00:00-07:00\u0022\u003E08\/21\/2018-6:00am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Researchers at Arizona State University and Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, have found that at least one type of blue clay may help fight disease-causing bacteria in wounds, including antibiotic-resistant bacteria. 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