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

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

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

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

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