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Baby born with "bubble boy disease" gets life-changing transplant
28 Jul 2025 22:30 GMT
… was diagnosed with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency, or SCID.
"My brother … Haugen.
Also known as "bubble boy disease," the disorder only affects … had inherited the same devastating disease.
Haugen Family
"I…
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Singapore’s national screening programme tests newborns for metabolic and heritable diseases
26 Jul 2025 04:41 GMT
… and heritable diseases, including:
Phenylketonuria … diseases, including five treatable serious childhood-onset conditions such as severe combined immunodeficiency … (SCID) and cystic fibrosis.
SCID or the “bubble boy disease …
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Stem cell transplant to the rescue, 19-month-old boy with 'bubble boy disease'; saved due to timely action
10 Jun 2025 16:03 GMT
… Singh is free from the severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) that he was diagnosed … of two. The name 'bubble boy disease'; comes after David Vetter, … who was diagnosed with the disease in 1971, lived in a …
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Early detection of ‘bubble boy disease’ helps save lives of newborns
09 Jun 2025 14:55 GMT
… when he was diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).
This means … It is also known as “bubble boy disease” after David Vetter, an … American boy with the disease who captured the world’ … for metabolic and heritable diseases, was expanded in 2019 …
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Gene Therapy Companies Set Sights on Cardiovascular Disease
01 Aug 2025 17:00 GMT
… of a rare disease called severe combined immunodeficiency. However, the field was dealt …
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The Life And Death Of David Vetter, The Boy Who Lived His Whole Life In A Bubble
01 Aug 2025 12:14 GMT
… the Boy in the Bubble; “Bubble Boy”; a child who, through … born with a terrible illness: severe combined immunodeficiency, or SCID. It was – … being born with the same disease.
By that point, though, … the genetic origin of his disease, which directly led to …
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U of A professor turns genetic marker for ‘bubble boy disease’ into music
15 Feb 2025 21:10 GMT
… with ACA SCID — or severe combined immunodeficiency. Story continues below advertisement
… devastating health conditions, Alberta ‘bubble boy disease’ family helping others
Jakob … treated for his rare “bubble boy” disease.
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X-SCID Gene Therapy Gives Scientists Rare Glimpse Into Early Immune System
01 Aug 2025 03:30 GMT
… with X-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (X-SCID), also called “bubble boy disease.” Children with … , and cures childhood catastrophic diseases. From cancer to life-threatening … neurological conditions, and infectious diseases, St. Jude is dedicated to …
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Orphan designation: Autologous bone marrow derived CD34+ cells transduced ex vivo with a self-inactivating lentiviral vector containing a normal version of the coding region of the IL2RG gene Treatment of X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency,…
19 Nov 2024 21:50 GMT
… time of designation, X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency affected approximately 0.01 in …
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Virtual memory T cells provide nonspecific immunity for infants early in life
31 Jul 2025 23:47 GMT
… with X-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (X-SCID), also called "bubble boy disease." Children …