Cowboys Great Tony Dorsett Trying Controversial Stem-Cell Treatment

November 9, 2015

(CBS News) – Legendary Cowboys running back Tony Dorsett was diagnosed in 2013 with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease that has been linked to depression, dementia and to suicides of NFL players, CBS Dallas reports. Two years later, Dorsett is trying a controversial stem cell treatment thanks to one of his former college football coaches.