With breakthrough, parents can finally hug and kiss their "bubble babies"

Researchers have cured 18 babies of "bubble baby" disease, a rare, life-threatening genetic disorder in which a person has no functional immune system. Babies born with the disorder, technically called adenosine deaminase-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency, or ADA-deficient SCID, lack the enzyme essential to produce healthy white blood cells needed for a normal immune system.

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