Eight babies with 'bubble boy disease' have had it fixed by a gene therapy made from HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
In this April 2019 photo provided by the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 2-year-old Gael Jesus Pino Alva is held by his mother, Giannina Alva, at the hospital in Memphis. Gael was one of eight babies with"bubble boy disease" who have had it corrected by gene therapy that ironically was made from one of the immune system's worst enemies - HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. They were born without a working germ-fighting system, every infection a threat to their lives.
Omarion Jordan, who turns 1 later this month, had the therapy in December to treat severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome, or SCID. Study results were published by the New England Journal of Medicine. The treatment was pioneered by a St. Jude doctor who recently died, Brian Sorrentino. When doctors first tried it 20 years ago, the treatment had unintended effects on other genes, and some patients later developed leukemia. The new therapy has safeguards to lower that risk.
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