Matchmaking Algorithms Are Unraveling the Causes of Rare Genetic Diseases - Facts So Romantic

Jill Viles, an Iowa mother, was born with a rare type of muscular dystrophy. The symptoms weren't really noticeable until preschool, when she began to fall while walking. She saw doctors, but they couldn't diagnose her or supply a remedy. When she left for college, she was 5-foot-3 and weighed just 87 pounds. How she would spend her time there turned into part of a remarkable story by David Epstein, published in ProPublica in January.