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HIV USED TO CURE 'BUBBLE BOY' DISEASE

April 19, 2019

US scientists say they used HIV to make a gene therapy that cured eight infants of severe combined immunodeficiency, or "bubble boy" disease.

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  • Results of the research, developed at a Tennessee hospital, were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. 

  • The gene therapy involved collecting the babies' bone marrow and correcting the genetic defect in their DNA soon after their birth. 

  • The "correct" gene - used to fix the defect - was inserted into an altered version of one of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. 

Source : The Hindu

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