TeachableMedicalNews article 06162019
Teachable moment in classrooms:
- cellular basis of life chapter – concept of one gene, one protein
- cellular basis of life chapter – concept of gene mutation leading to protein malfunction
- immune system chapter – reliance of white blood cells for immune functions
Gene therapy cures bubble boy disease
The news item: Curing the “bubble boy” disease in several infants was reported by US News:
New Gene Therapy Provides Hope of Normal Life for ‘Bubble Boy’ Kids
Researchers say they have cured the genetic immunodeficiency disorder in eight infants so far.
The article states that according to Dr. Ewelina Mamcarz, an assistant member of St. Jude’s bone marrow transplant department “Majority of our patients spent months of their life, first months of their lives in the hospital, some of them withsevere infection in intensive care units on multiple medications to keep them