This couple gave up their careers to train as scientists and find a cure for her rare genetic disease

When Sonia Vallabh’s mother died of a rare disease at the age of 52, she found out that she was carrying the same ill-fated genes. Soon after her diagnosis was confirmed, she and her husband, Eric Minikel, set out on a quest to find a cure. Sonia is 32 and her inherited genetic condition, called …