Bubble Boy Disease (SCID)

Benefit # 35 (of 71) of the California Stem Cell Program: THE SMALLEST MIRACLE

By |2020-12-02T21:26:22+00:00January 9th, 2018|

Did you see a movie called “THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE”, starring John Travolta? In the film, the hero has a disease called Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), which means his immune system does not work. Germs that you and I would not even know about (because our immune system would fight them off) could

VIDEO: Evangelina is cured of Bubble Boy Disease

By |2021-09-05T13:07:21+00:00April 3rd, 2017|

Evangelina Padilla-Vaccaro was born with Bubble Boy Disease, also known as severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), a genetic, uniformly lethal disease that causes babies to be born without functioning immune systems. But today, thanks to stem cell research funded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Evangelina is cured. See her parents speak in the video below.

How can stem cells help treat or cure SCID/Bubble Boy Disease?

By |2018-01-12T17:42:14+00:00March 26th, 2017|

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), or “Bubble Boy Disease,” is caused by a genetic mutation that severely weakens the immune system. Stem cell approaches involve removing the blood-forming stem cells that eventually become immune cells, then modifying them so that they do not have the mutation. These blood-forming stem cells can then be transplanted back into

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