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   Who are Katherine Vetter brothers?

   • April: A healthy baby girl, Katherine Vetter, is born to Carol Ann and David J. Vetter Jr. Her two brothers will both be born with a genetic immunodeficiency disorder that only expresses itself in boys. Raphael Wilson, a Ph.D. in experimental biology, helps treat twin boys born with compromised immune systems.

   David Vetter's Life, and Treatments for Immunodeficiency

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   Is Katherine Vetter still married?

   • Katherine is now married with two young sons of her own. She expressed the hope that they may one day attend The David Elementary School, named after her brother. "Little David, even though he's gone, still lives on," she said. Katherine Vetter was almost four years old when her brother David was born with an immunodeficiency disorder.

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   Did David Vetter live in a bubble?

   • But David Vetter, a young boy from Texas, lived out in the real world - in a plastic bubble. Nicknamed "Bubble Boy," David was born in 1971 with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), and was forced to live in a specially constructed sterile plastic bubble from birth until he died at age 12. Today marks what would have been David's 40th birthday.

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   Did David Vetter get a bone marrow transplant?

   • 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 transplant from a sibling had seemed like his best hope for survival. That treatment had worked on other SCID-afflicted children.

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2. www.pbs.org › features › bubble-david-vetters-sisterDavid Vetter's Sister | American Experience | PBS

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   David Vetter's Sister. Carol Ann holds Katherine while baby David is in the background | Patricia Bealmear PH.D. Katherine Vetter was almost four years old when her brother David was born with...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › David_VetterDavid Vetter - Wikipedia

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   As he grew older, he lived increasingly at home with his parents and older sister Katherine in Dobbin, Texas. He died in 1984 at the age of 12. Family and birth. Vetter's parents were Carol Ann Vetter and David Joseph Vetter Jr. Their first son, David Joseph Vetter III, was also born with SCID and died at seven months old.

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   Sep 21, 2011 · Four months after receiving the bone marrow transfusion from his sister, David died from lymphoma - a cancer later determined to have been introduced into his system by the Epstein-Barr virus.

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6. primaryimmune.org › story-david-vetterThe story of David Vetter | Immune Deficiency Foundation

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   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.

7. www.washingtonpost.com › health › david-vetter-wasDavid Vetter was ‘the boy in the bubble.’ His short life ...

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   Jan 24, 2020 · But an experimental bone marrow transplant from his sister was David’s death sentence. Undetected Epstein-Barr virus in her marrow triggered lymphoma. He died of the cancer in 1984 at age 12.