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NEWZEALAND LEADS CTE BREAKTHROUGH Dr Helen Murray (Centre for Brain Research) and Dr Josh McGeown (Mātai Medical Research Institute). Helen’s University of Auckland team is making new discoveries about what CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) looks like in a damaged brain post-mortem. Josh, who is based in Gisborne, is studying brain plasticity in living players, specifically juniors, using advanced MRI imaging. Read about his surprising results on page 12. 10 Headlines