Jeff Carroll

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WWU researcher trying to find a cure for Huntington's disease before it kills him

After Jeff Carroll got tested to see if he’d die prematurely from a hereditary disease that killed his mother and grandmother, a doctor unfolded the results, checked to see if Carroll still wanted them, then read them aloud.

2017-05-31
Is there such a thing as good eugenics?

Some of the biggest supporters of human-embryo editing today are people who carry genes for serious disorders like beta thalassemia, the disease the Chinese scientists were working on. Jeff Carroll, a Western Washington University neuroscientist who…

2017-03-17
WWU professor is searching for a cure for Huntington’s Disease

A Western Washington University professor is getting millions-of-dollars in grants to fight a disease he knows well.

Jeff Carroll is hoping to find a cure for Huntington’s Disease.

“Everyone with the disease so far has died from it,” says…

2016-12-05
Western’s Jeff Carroll Awarded New $800k Grant to Research Huntington’s Disease 2016-11-29
Western's Jeff Carroll attends Huntington's Disease fundraiser in L.A. 2016-09-29
Nominations sought for Community Service Award 2016-06-28
Western’s Jeff Carroll Awarded More than $1.2 Million in Pair of Grants to Research Huntington’s Disease 2016-05-24
WWU’s Fraser Lecture Series to Host ‘Big Data’ Seminars, Discussions in April 2016-03-22
Western’s ‘Neuroscience on Tap’ Continues Feb. 1 at Club Glow in Downtown Bellingham 2016-01-13
Patients Favor Changing the Genes of the Next Generation with CRISPR

Jeff Carroll inherited the DNA mutation that causes Huntington’s disease. It means that in a decade or two, he’ll lose control over his body and slowly go mad, just like his mother. That’s the reason Carroll, 38, says he’d be in favor of gene editing embryos. He says the…

2015-12-03
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