Penn medical student, who is genetic carrier of rare form of ALS, on mission to develop gene therapy

A medical student at the University of Pennsylvania is on a special mission in the research lab that could save her life.

Yentli Soto Albrecht’s battle is against ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease. She is a genetic carrier for a rare form of disease.

It’s a race against time in the research lab for Soto Albrecht, who is an MD/PHD student at the Perelman School of Medicine.

“I’m not sure I’ll survive this, but everything I do is toward that goal,” she said.