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.