Severe Combined Immunodeficiency SCID What is SCID Severe Combined Immunodeficiency otherwise known as SCID SCID is a group of very rareand potentially fatalinherited disorders related to the immune system ID: 913182
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Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)
Slide2Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)
Slide3What is SCID?
Severe
Combined
Immunodeficiency, otherwise known as SCID.
SCID is a group of very rare-and potentially fatal-inherited disorders related to the immune system.
SCID
makes those affected highly susceptible to life-threatening infections by viruses, bacteria and fungi.
Slide4What is SCID?
Severe
Combined
Immunodeficiency, otherwise known as SCID.
SCID is a group of very rare-and potentially fatal-inherited disorders related to the immune system.
SCID
makes those affected highly susceptible to life-threatening infections by viruses, bacteria and fungi.
Slide5Is SCID Inherited?
Slide6Is SCID Inherited?
Slide7Chromosome Location?
There are several types of SCID.
The
most common form is caused by a mutation in the SCIDX1 gene located on the X chromosome
.
Slide8Chromosome Location?
There are several types of SCID.
The
most common form is caused by a mutation in the SCIDX1 gene located on the X chromosome
.
Slide9Interesting Facts!
One
form of SCID became the first human illness treated by human gene therapy in
1990.
About 1 out of every 100,000 babies is born with SCID.
SCID is sometimes called Bubble Boy disease. In the 1970s, a boy named David Vetter had to live in a plastic bubble for 12 years because of SCID.
Slide10Interesting Facts!
One
form of SCID became the first human illness treated by human gene therapy in
1990.
About 1 out of every 100,000 babies is born with SCID.
SCID is sometimes called Bubble Boy disease. In the 1970s, a boy named David Vetter had to live in a plastic bubble for 12 years because of SCID.
Slide11Citations
http://www.genome.gov/13014325
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/whataregd/scid/
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