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Hi all,

Here is an interesting possible breakthrough (no it has not been duplicated

yet). The link is at http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2002/sep/hot_020930.html

but if you have not registered withem yet you must first register (free)

to read the article. You may have to go to http://www.the-scientist.com

to register. This article is not peer reviewed to my knowledge, but is

offen quoted in news articles.

Below is an exerpt from the article:

A major break came this year when researchers in Italy and Israel reported successfully treating two patients with ADA-SCID, a form of severe combined immunodeficiency that results from a defective gene for adenosine deaminase (ADA).2 In 2000--in the wake of gene therapy's darkest hour--a French group reported similar results for X-linked SCID, a form of the disease caused by a mutation in the common cytokine receptor gamma chain (

gc).3 This Hot Paper, a culmination of years of

work, may open the floodgates for therapies to come; the two patients, without

further therapy, remain alive and well.

The disease refered to is the "bubble boy" disease, named after

Vetter, a Texan who lived out his 12 years in a plastic, germ-free bubble.

Granted they must first isolate the gene that causes MSA, but this type

of research CAN find cures IF the therapy is allowed to continue. To me

- this is saving lives (and cells) not "killing babies".

Take care, Bill Werre