I/51B5N45K6VL._SY445_.jpg' alt='Buy The Boy In The Bubble Online' title='Buy The Boy In The Bubble Online' />Welcome to GAP online store. See whats new this season, shop women, body, GAPfit, maternity, men, girls, boys, toddler girl, toddler boy, infant girl and infant boy. Flavio the Flamingo. Cassidy JacksonCarroll illustrator Graeme Compton. ISBN 9781925545388 RRP 14. Flavio the Flamingo had lost his colour pink. Buy Bubble Guppies Read 335 Movies TV Reviews Amazon. Clearance Electronics Office Movies, Music Books Home, Furniture Appliances Home Improvement Patio Clothing, Shoes Jewelry Baby Toddler Toys Video Games. Bubble Boy Disease May Be More Common Than Thought. By Steven Reinberg. Health. Day Reporter. TUESDAY, Aug. 1. 9, 2. Health. Day News A rare birth disorder that dismantles a babys immune system is twice as common as once believed, a new study of more than 3 million infants says. This is the first evaluation of the effect of screening newborns for the life threatening but treatable condition known as severe combined immunodeficiency SCID, or Bubble Boy disease, the researchers noted. People were made aware of this condition by the boy in the bubble, who was born without an immune system, said study author Dr. Jennifer Puck, a pediatric immunologist at Benioff Childrens Hospital at the University of California, San Francisco. She was referring to the case of David Vetter, a Texas boy born in 1. Before there were good treatments, he had to spend his life in a germ free environment. But since that time, there are treatments available for every baby born with this, as long as treatment can be started before they get fatal infections, she explained. Screening of newborns picks up the disease in time for lifesaving treatment before complications occur, Puck said. This is the first time that a disorder of the immune system has been amenable to newborn screening, she said. The report was published Aug. Journal of the American Medical Association. Screening for SCID has picked up a lot of cases that otherwise would not have been detected and has saved lives, said Puck, who designed the screening test for the disease. Before screening, the exact number of babies born with SCID wasnt known, Puck said. Thats a question we can answer now, she said. Before we just had to guess at the number of SCID cases. We guessed it was one in 1. Puck said. That indicates that before screening or in the states that are still not screening, babies are being missed and theyre dying of infections because no one realized that they had a problem with their immune system, she said. Currently, 2. 3 states screen for SCID, Puck said. Wave Twisters Online. For the study, researchers analyzed more than 3 million infants screened for SCID in 1. Navajo Nation born between January 2. July 2. 01. 3. SCID is a group of disorders resulting from defects in genes that are essential for fighting infections. The condition becomes apparent in the first months after birth as immunity protection from the babys mother wears off. If untreated, SCID is fatal. However, treatments that restore the babys immune system are available, including gene therapy or transplanting bone marrow cells from a healthy donor. In more than 8. 0 percent of SCID cases, there is no family history of the condition and it only comes to light as infections develop, which is why screening is so important, Puck said. Detecting SCID allows doctors to protect the baby from infections as they begin treatment. Of the 5. 2 babies with SCID in the study, 4. Three babies died before treatment began and four died after transplants. The other 4. 5 infants survived. Screening detects more than a dozen genetic causes of SCID, the researchers say. The test also revealed that a mutation on the X chromosome affecting boys was less common than thought. It was believed that this mutation caused half of all SCID cases, but this study found the mutation in only 1. In addition, the number of SCID cases among babies without known gene defects was bigger than anticipated. It seems that there are more genes involved in SCID than thought, the researchers noted. Dr. Neil Holtzman, a professor emeritus in the department of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and author of an accompanying journal editorial, said that the SCID test should be done consistently throughout the country. Greater standardization of the newborn screening test for SCID is needed, he said. The test and follow up must be conducted in a timely manner to save lives. However, newborn screening in the United States is not keeping pace with advances in technology. Copyright 2. Health. Day. All rights reserved. SOURCES Jennifer Puck, M. D., pediatric immunologist, Benioff Childrens Hospital, University of California, San Francisco Neil Holtzman, M. D., M. P. H., professor emeritus, department of pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Aug. Journal of the American Medical Association. Subscribe to Medicine. Nets Childrens Health Parenting Newsletter. By clicking Submit, I agree to the Medicine. Nets Terms Conditions Privacy Policy and understand that I may opt out of Medicine. Nets subscriptions at any time.