Findings from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital demonstrate that virtual memory T cells, a specialized group of immune cells, provide nonspecific immunity for infants early in life. The work stems ...

X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency disease (X-SCID) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by profound defects in T-cell, B-cell, and natural killer (NK) cell function, caused by mutations in ...

The eight infants are now healthy toddlers with normal immune systems that can fight infection. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going on in the West ...

The tally is grim: three high-profile cancer cases, including one death, in French boys who underwent pioneering gene therapy for X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (X-SCID). Yet Edward ...

Early results from a study of newborn screening methods show that DNA analysis picks up many more preventable or treatable serious health conditions than standard newborn screening and is favored by ...

(L to R) First author Anoop Babu Vasandan, PhD, St. Jude Department of Immunology, co-corresponding author Caitlin Zebley, MD, PhD, St. Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy and ...