Article: New drug could aid `bubble babies'

Bubble Babies Cured
Getty Images;  July 1, 2002 ;     370 words ... ... immunodeficiency" or ADA-SCID, but generally known as "bubble babies". Tasmin was cured conventionally after receiving an allergenic ... genetic diseases,genetic disease,family,doctor,child,bubble babies 2002 Getty Images, Inc.

Article: Israeli procedure helps make two Arab 'bubble ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  July 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Hebrew University Medical Center. She and Tassnem were both "bubble babies," born without immune systems, a genetic disease known ... draminase, or ADA, that creates a functioning immune system. Bubble babies are so named because the first patients diagnosed with SCID ...

Article: Some tech `bubble babies' worth more dead than ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  August 27, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... popped, Silicon Valley is dotted with a paradoxical type of tech firm: rich in cash, poor in stock. Most of these are "bubble babies" whose stock prices have plunged, often to less than $1 a share, but they still have a pile of money in the bank left ...

Article: Breakthrough brings fresh hope to 'bubble babies' ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  March 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... no working immune systems and are susceptible to the slightest infection. Infants with the condition used to be called 'bubble babies' because they had to be sealed inside a protective plastic 'bubble'. There is more than one kind of SCID. Doctors at ...

Article: Gt Ormond Street cure for 'bubble babies'.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  March 11, 2005 ;     312 words ... ... the bone marrow of the boy, named only as Mustaf, and get his immune system working. Such infants used to be called "bubble babies" because they had to be sealed inside a protective plastic "bubble". Only five patients in Italy have previously been ...

Article: New gene therapy protocol leads to first successful treatment for ...
Stem Cell Week;  July 29, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... by the lack of an essential enzyme, adenosine draminase (ADA). Children born with an acute form of SCID are known as "bubble babies" and have to be kept in isolation units to prevent them from coming in contact with infectious elements. The research was ...

Article: New gene therapy protocol leads to first successful treatment for ...
Immunotherapy Weekly;  July 31, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... by the lack of an essential enzyme, adenosine draminase (ADA). Children born with an acute form of SCID are known as "bubble babies" and have to be kept in isolation units to prevent them from coming in contact with infectious elements. The research was ...