Nine years after treatment gene therapy has kept a rare immune disorder in check, report two new studies in a small group of children. The promising findings support the use of gene therapy treatment in children with a deficiency in the ADA gene, a rare inherited disorder that damages the immune system and causes severe combined immunodeficiency or SCID.
An informal conversation with Dr. H. Bobby Gaspar.
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