Summary
Justin Yerbury made a promise to his mother while she was dying of motor neurone disease (MND) that he would do everything he could to find a cure. MND had already taken several members of Justin’s family, and he learned that they carried a rare genetic form of the disease that gave them a fifty-fifty chance of inheritance.
Desperate to help his loved ones, Justin went to university to study science, eventually becoming a professor of molecular biology at the University of Wollongong …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922930347 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1922930342 |
| Author: | Justin Yerbury |
| Publisher: | Affirm Press |
| Imprint: | Affirm Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 13 June 2023 |
| Weight: | 362g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
Justin Yerbury
Professor Justin Yerbury is a Eureka Prize winning molecular biologist at the University of Wollongong and a world leader in motor neurone disease research. He started his scientific career after losing several family members to MND and discovering that his family carried a rare genetic form of the disease. Justin began experiencing symptoms himself in 2016 and is now 99% paralysed, only able to communicate using eye-gaze technology, but he continues to search for a cure. He lives in Wollongong with his wife, and his two adult daughters live close by.
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