{"id":153421,"date":"2022-12-22T13:26:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T19:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/gene-therapy-could-save-children-from-a-rare-genetic-disease"},"modified":"2022-12-22T13:26:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T19:26:23","slug":"gene-therapy-could-save-children-from-a-rare-genetic-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/gene-therapy-could-save-children-from-a-rare-genetic-disease","title":{"rendered":"Gene therapy could save children from a rare genetic disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/gene-therapy-could-save-children-from-a-rare-genetic-disease2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This impressive achievement could potentially revolutionize how we treat cancer and immunity deficiencies.<\/p>\n<p>Children born with Artemis-SCID face many challenges, from a missing repertoire of T and B cells to reduced resistance against chemotherapy used in bone marrow transplants. Additionally, malfunctioning DNA repair mechanisms increase the risk of developing graft-versus-host disease, where the donor\u2019s immune system attacks host tissues.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why researchers are trying everything to find an antidote for such a rare genetic disease and have now turned to gene therapy to treat Artemis-SCID. Gene therapy eliminates the need for donor cells.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<b>Infant gene therapy \u2013 a breakthrough to save Artemis-SCID children<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a recent medical breakthrough, scientists have discovered how to use gene therapy to treat babies born with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), or \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/health\/scientists-used-hiv-as-a-delivery-system-to-treat-bubble-baby-disease\" title=\"\" rel=\"dofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">bubble boy syndrome<\/a>,\u201d without needing immune-suppressing drugs.<\/p>\n<p>This new innovation has proven to be potentially life-changing for infants suffering from rare diseases, giving them an exponentially improved chance of leading a relatively healthy and normal life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/gene-therapy-could-save-children-from-a-rare-genetic-disease\">Continue reading \u201cGene therapy could save children from a rare genetic disease\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This impressive achievement could potentially revolutionize how we treat cancer and immunity deficiencies. Children born with Artemis-SCID face many challenges, from a missing repertoire of T and B cells to reduced resistance against chemotherapy used in bone marrow transplants. Additionally, malfunctioning DNA repair mechanisms increase the risk of developing graft-versus-host disease, where the donor\u2019s immune [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}