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Diagnosed With an Incurable Disease: How a UVA Professor is Fighting for His Son
October 23, 2025
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 23 -- The University of Virginia issued the following research news:

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Diagnosed with an incurable disease: How a UVA professor is fighting for his son

By Jane Kelly, jak4g@virginia.edu

"I don't think we thought a lot about it ... and then the diagnosis made it real," Shannon Barker said on a recent Monday night in her family's Craftsman-style home. "And then, I couldn't compartm . . .

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