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SCID’s Come a Long Way, Thanks to the Boy in the Bubble

Post author:Ronald Ledsen
Post published:January 7, 2016
Post category:Primary Immunodeficiencies Rare Disease SCID

A couple of months ago we took a look at the legacy of David Vetter, the “Boy in the Plastic Bubble” whose lifelong battle with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) caught…

Here’s Something About Bubble Boy That You Never Knew

Post author:Ronald Ledsen
Post published:October 22, 2015
Post category:Primary Immunodeficiencies Rare Disease SCID

For those of us who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, the phrase “Bubble Boy” zaps us right back to a sharp mental image that will always stick with…

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