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Gene Therapy Cures "Bubble Boy"

Posted by michael on from the next-we'll-see-if-hemos-can-be-cured dept.

bofh31337 writes "NewScientist is reporting that Welsh boy Rhys Evans has been cured of the fatal severe combined immunodeficiency ("bubble boy") disease. The medical team, lead by Adrian Thrasher, was able to take the stem cells that give rise to immune cells from his bone marrow and add a normal copy of the gene to the stem cell using a retro virus. Seven months after treatment, Rhys was cured."

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  1. Guess I was wrong! by tcd004 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought he was cured by scientology!

    VISA's cure for celebrity shoplifters...

    tcd004

  2. No cure by DeadBugs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sadly there is no cure for the people who got sick after seeing the movie "Bubble Boy"

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  3. a little too late by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's too bad they couldn't cure the guy before that god awful movie was made.

  4. Perhaps now... by funkbrain · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...science can answer the Moors/Moops riddle which has plauged mankind since the dark ages!

  5. In a related story... by cosmicg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Paul Simon has announced a full recall of his "Graceland" CD...

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  6. Re:Playing God? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah well, god is a lazy bum.. about time somebody replaced him.

  7. For those of you who saw "Kenny Dies"... by Munelight · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, so then, if the stem cells are placed next to a Shakey's Pizza, they would become another Shakey's Pizza! And you'd have your own Shakey's Pizza where you didn't have to charge yourself to eat!

  8. Look out George! by capedgirardeau · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now he can kick George Castanza's arse.



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  9. Re:Playing God? redundant by Boronx · · Score: 2, Funny
    Yeah well, god is a lazy bum.. about time somebody replaced him.

    Someone mod this +1 Inciteful

    Amen.

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