Word: weed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Born and raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Weed has been legally blind and diabetic for most of his life. When he was six weeks old, medical professionals operated on congenital cataracts in his eyes. The stress and shock of the surgery, Weed says, may have generated his subsequent Juvenile Diabetes, which in turn caused his blindness...
During his childhood, Weed could see enough to get around, but his sight proved to be fleeting...
...Weed attended Yale University, graduating with a degree in political science and a letter of commendation in biology...
...never thought I would do this well with science at college, even though I was always good at it in high school," says Weed, who took most of his electives in biology...
...core of Weed's Yale experience was based on the university's help in granting him access to science via computers...