New drug could aid `bubble babies'

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: March 24, 1990 | Copyright information

WASHINGTON - The government Friday approved a new drug that could benefit an estimated 16 children born each year who now must spend their short lives inside a plastic bubble because they lack natural defenses against disease.

The new drug is intended to help so-called "bubble babies" who are confined to germ-free plastic tents because they suffer from a rare genetic disorder that leaves them powerless against such common childhood diseases as chicken pox and pneumonia.

About 40 are born each year around the world, and the new drug could ...

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