News tagged with bubble boy

Hunting newborn tests for super-rare gene diseases

(AP) -- At his first birthday, John Klor couldn't sit up on his own. A few months later, he was cruising like any healthy toddler - thanks to a special diet that's treating the North Carolina boy's mysterious ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Jan 04, 2010 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

SCID Kids Leading Healthy, Normal Lives 25 Years After 'Bubble Boy'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mention the words "bubble boy" and many will recall David Vetter, the kid with big eyes and a thick thatch of dark hair who died 25 years ago after spending almost the entire 12 years of his life in a germ-free, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Oct 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0