Gene therapy restores immunity in children and young adults with rare immunodeficiency

Sunday, December 6, 2015 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

Gene therapy can safely rebuild the immune systems of older children and young adults with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID-X1), a rare inherited disorder that primarily affects males, scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have found.

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