antw. "who invaded spain in the 8th century"?

[lorentzen-nicklaus]

 "the correct answer is 'moops', not 'moors', i'm sorry ..." 

 george costanza (using a typo to win the trivial pursuit match against the   
 raving bubble boy)    


David Morris schrieb:
> http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=769620
>
> 'Bubble Boy' Cured in British Gene Therapy First
>
> LONDON (Reuters) - British doctors have successfully used gene therapy for 
> the first time to cure a Welsh toddler born without an immune system, the 
> Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children said on Wednesday.
>
> The London hospital said 18-month-old Rhys Evans had been cured of the fatal 
> genetic condition X-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease 
> (X-SCID), commonly known as "baby in the bubble" syndrome.
>
> "This is the first time gene therapy has cured a child in Britain," the 
> hospital said in a statement.
>
> The Evans case, which followed the opening of a gene therapy laboratory at 
> the hospital last September, is one of the few clinically successful 
> examples of gene therapy in the world.
>
> French researchers claimed the first success for gene therapy in 2000 when 
> they treated two infant boys with X-SCID.
>
> The disease meant Rhys Evans was born without an immune system and was 
> highly susceptible to potentially fatal infections.
>
> He was forced to live in a totally sterile environment, isolated from other 
> children, and spent much of his life in hospital.
>
> Doctors removed some of Rhys' bone marrow and genetically modified it to add 
> a correct copy of the faulty gene which caused X-SCID. The marrow was then 
> re-injected into his system.
>
> Dr. Adrian Thrasher, who led the team which carried out the procedure, said 
> the success of Rhys' treatment was very exciting.
>
> "Gene therapy is about turning understanding into real cures for real 
> children," he said.
>
> Rhys' mother Marie said the treatment had made a huge difference for her 
> son.
>
> "We see him now playing with other children and it is just amazing," she 
> told the BBC.
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