The Outlook Podcast Archive - Posing as a Scientist to Save My Sons

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Pat Furlong is an Ohio mother-of-four who pretended to be a scientist in an attempt to find a cure for her sons, who were diagnosed with the devastating Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy condition. Her efforts led to a change in the US law with extra funding for research into the terminal illness. (Photo credit: Robert Bruschini.)

Published on Wednesday, 20th December 2017.

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