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It is also known as the bubble boy disease and bubble baby disease because its victims are extremely vulnerable to infectious diseases and some of them, such as David Vetter, have become famous for living in a sterile environment. SCID is the result of an immune system so highly compromised that it is considered almost absent.
- 1 in 50,000 to 100,000 (X-linked form)
- Bone marrow transplantation and prophylaxis against infection
- IVIG, gene therapy
- Immunology
Having to live inside a bubble all his life David Phillip Vetter (September 21, 1971 – February 22, 1984) [1] was an American boy with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), a hereditary disease which dramatically weakens the immune system .
- The bubble boy
- Lymphoma; complications from SCID, after an unsuccessful bone marrow transplant
- David Phillip Vetter, September 21, 1971, Houston, Texas, U.S.
- Conroe, Texas, U.S.
Commonly called the “bubble boy disease” or “boy in the bubble” syndrome, SCID became widely known in the 1970s and ’80s due to the publicity and later a movie about David Vetter, a boy with X-linked SCID, who lived in a plastic, germ-free bubble for 12 years.
Also called: bubble boy disease, bubble baby disease. What is severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)? Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is a group of disorders that are passed down through families. Infants born with SCID have defects in their immune cells. As a result, these children have problems fighting infections.
Severe combined immunodeficiency. Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) represents a group of rare, sometimes fatal, congenital disorders characterized by little or no immune response. The defining feature of SCID, commonly known as "bubble boy" disease, is a defect in the specialized white blood cells (B- and T-lymphocytes) that defend us ...
- 1998
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is very rare, genetic disorder, affecting between 50 and 100 children born in the U.S. every year. SCID is often called “bubble boy disease,” made known by the 1976 movie “The Boy in the Plastic Bubble.”. Essentially, children with SCID lack the ability to produce an immune system.
17 de abr. de 2019 · 17 April 2019. Experimental gene therapy frees ‘bubble-boy’ babies from a life of isolation. Treatment restores immune-system function in young children with severe disorder. By. Heidi Ledford....
