Sonya gets tested for a fatal neurodegenerative disease and discusses how the results could impact her life, particularly in terms of having healthy children. She reflects on her initial calm response to receiving the test results and shares her experience with her father after receiving the news.
Sonia Vallabh had just lost her mother to a rapid, mysterious brain disease. And then, she found out that the disease was genetic. Doctors told her there was a 50-50 chance she had inherited the same rare genetic mutation that killed her mom. Sonia tells Maya how she managed a torturous state of limbo, and how what followed led her to the cutting edge of science.
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