Former High School Dropout Becomes WWU Neuroscientist In Race To Find Huntington’s Disease Cure

Sometimes, you’re just dealt a bad hand. Jeff Carroll was a high school dropout serving in the military when he learned his mother had Huntington's disease. It's genetic, and he soon learned he had it too. There’s no cure. So the diagnosis is a death sentence. But rather than despairing, Carroll turned his life around. And in the decade since his diagnosis, he’s become one of the most prominent researchers studying Huntington’s Disease. He’s now on staff at Western Washington University in Bellingham.

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• Kate Martin For Mayor Interview
• Recycled Lunch
• Lac-Mégantic Resident Returns Home
• Douglas McQuaid for Mayor Interview
• BBC- Rain Forest Animal Voice Recognition
• Mike McGinn For Mayor Interview
• Introducing The New The
• The New The Promotional Video
• Once High School Dropout Driven To Find Cure For Huntington's Disease (Interview at 21:30)
• Writer's Almanac
• Author Chuck Klosterman On Grappling With Villains
• Mayor McGinn's Broadband Dreams Slow To Materialize
• Hallucinating With Oliver Sacks