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The Concussion Debate: Can Playing Contact Sports Cause Brain Damage?

The Real Science of Sport Podcast

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Concussions

I can't practically see how you can ever solve that. Because if you see a machine that just kind of buzzes your forehead and it says, right, these concusses. And the search is on, right? So there are biomarkers like you can do these saliva samples and you can look for messenger RNAs. Can we identify one or two biomarkers that gives us an objective standard? because then you don't have to trust the player anymore. We've thrown a lot to try and prevent them. And I'm more than happy to take on the chin.

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