Findings from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital demonstrate that virtual memory T cells, a specialized group of immune ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Genetic therapy appeared to restore the immune system of patients with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), but without leading to leukemia as a side effect, researchers re ...

X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency disease (X-SCID) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by profound defects in T-cell, B-cell, and natural killer (NK) cell function, caused by ...

Puck herself is credited with leading a team that discovered the gene responsible for X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome, or X-SCID, which afflicted the well-known Boy in the Bubble of ...

So Paris' Dr. Alain Fischer generated great excitement when his gene therapy apparently cured nine of the 11 boys he treated who had the most severe SCID-type, called X-SCID.

X-SCID is an inherited condition in which the body cannot produce the cells responsible for defending against infection: T-cells, B-cells, and natural killer (NK) cells.

While X-SCID is extremely rare, scientists are also using gene therapy to create treatments for other, more common conditions including cancer and blindness.

X-SCID is caused by mutations in the IL2RG gene, which governs the behaviour of a protein involved in the development of a number of immune-system cells. ADA-SCID results from the lack of an ...

Salk Institute. "Mouse Study Reveals Human X-SCID Gene Therapy Poses Substantial Cancer Risk." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 1 May 2006. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2006 / 04 / 060430002334.htm>.

Thus, it was with great excitement that the field received news of its first human cure of 9 out of 10 young children treated for X-SCID. The trial was led by Dr. Alain Fischer of Necker Hospital ...

Since last August, all newborns in California have been screened for a deadly immune disorder as part of a pilot program, but a newly introduced state assembly bill would make this screening routine.

So Paris' Dr. Alain Fischer generated great excitement when his gene therapy apparently cured nine of the 11 boys he treated who had the most severe SCID-type, called X-SCID.