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David Phillip Vetter (September 21, 1971 – February 22, 1984) was an American boy with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), a hereditary disease which dramatically weakens the immune system. Individuals born with SCID are abnormally susceptible to infections, and exposure to typically innocuous pathogens can be fatal. Vetter was referred ...
Feb 4, 2016 · David Vetter, affectionately known as the boy in the bubble, was born with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID). He captured the world’s attention as he lived at Texas Children’s Hospital in germ-free environments for 12 years.
Sep 20, 2021 · On Tuesday, David Vetter would have been 50 years old. David was the young boy who was so immune-compromised, Texas Children’s Hospital and NASA collaborated to build him a sterile bubble where...
Sep 21, 2011 · Immune disorder forced David Vetter to live in bubble - but breakthroughs from his story now enable similar kids to live free.
February 22: Four months after receiving the blood marrow transfusion from his sister, David Vetter dies from lymphoma, a cancer later determined to have been introduced into his system by the...
On October 21, 1983, David Vetter received a bone marrow transplant from his older sister Katherine. When David was first diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) as a newborn, a...
Jan 24, 2020 · (AP) He ate, played and learned like any other kid. But David Vetter’s life unfolded in a series of unusual environments: plastic, bubblelike enclosures that protected him from germs. He had...
Dec 6, 2015 · The life and death of David Phillip Vetter, born in 1971 without a functioning immune system, contributed to medical advances that give hope to the once-hopeless.
Oct 13, 2018 · Dr. Shearer, a professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, died this week at the age of 81. David Vetter had been born with severe combined immunodeficiency, a rare disease that could...
David Phillip Vetter, the "Bubble Boy," left a deep mark on a world he visited only briefly. The bubble that kept him safe from the germs that could ravage his immunodeficient body proved to be...
