A Familys Race to Cure a Daughters Genetic Disease
b'One July afternoon last summer, Matt Wilsey distributed small plastic tubes to 60 people gathered in a Palo Alto, California, hotel. Most of them had traveled thousands of miles to be here; now, each popped the top off a barcoded tube, spat in about half a teaspoon of saliva, and closed the tube. Some massaged their cheeks to produce enough spit to fill the tubes.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'