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Experimental treatment for rare 'bubble boy disease' could give impacted kids new life
NBC Newsยท 2025-11-18 02:30
This is Elelliana Nakam, a little girl with big dreams. >> I would like to to be an artist. >> Today, the 12-year-old is indoors because she wants to be, not because she has to.The first year of her life was spent in the confines of a sterile environment where doors and windows had to stay shut and visitors had to stay out, all to save her life. At four months old, Elelliana was diagnosed with a rare disease called severe combined immuno deficiency disorder or SKID. Babies born with SKID don't develop the c ...