For kids with the condition, day-to-day activities like going to school or playing with friends can lead to life-threatening ...

A gene therapy for a rare type of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) was safe and sufficiently restored T-cell immunity in an early trial, results from a phase I/II study showed. At a single ...

The recently released romantic drama “Everything, Everything” has drawn criticism from the immunodeficiency community for its inaccurate portrayal of Severe Combined Immune Deficiency, or SCID. The ...

A one-time gene therapy using a patient’s own stem cells has effectively cured a deadly immune disorder in 95% of treated children, offering a lasting, donor-free solution to ADA-SCID, known as the ...

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.

NEW ORLEANS -- A next generation genetic therapy appeared to restore the immune system of patients with "bubble boy disease," but without leading to leukemia as a side effect, researchers reported ...

SCID is a genetic disorder impacting the immune system, making children highly susceptible to severe infections and illnesses, and without treatment, it can be fatal within the first 2 years of life.

Immunologically, compromised infants become prime targets for numerous life-threatening infections. Till date, fourteen different types of SCID have been identified, the most common being X-linked ...

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) is a rare, life-threatening immunological disorder characterized due to the lack of B-lymphocyte and T-lymphocyte functioning. Sporadic (occasional) ...

Rarity PBC raises $4.6M seed financing to advance ADA-SCID gene therapy licensed from UCLA and developed by Dr. Donald Kohn.

Severe combined immunodeficiency conditions are devastating disorders of adaptive immunity. Although these diseases were initially treated by transplantation of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells, ...

Is there a new way to manage Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) in infants? Yes, gene therapy is a discovery for the affected babies. Ten young children born without functioning immune systems ...