Disease Focus: Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, X-linked (X-SCID)

Pre-clinical development of gene correction therapy of hematopoietic stem cells for SCID-X1

Severe combined immunodeficiency caused by mutations in the IL2RG gene on the x-chromosome (SCID-X1 or “bubble boy disease”) is a devastating genetic disease that results in boys not being able to form an immune system. If they are exposed to the environment for even a short period of time they can get infections that a […]

A monoclonal antibody that depletes blood stem cells and enables chemotherapy free transplants

Successful stem cell therapy requires the replacement of diseased or dysfunctional stem cells with healthy ones. These healthy stem cells can come from either a donor or can be stem cells that are modified by gene therapy techniques. One important step in this process of repair and replacement is to eliminate the existing diseased cells […]

A monoclonal antibody that depletes blood stem cells and enables chemotherapy free transplants

This trial proposes to replace SCID patients’ dysfunctional immune cells with healthy ones using a safer form of bone marrow transplant (BMT). Current BMT procedures must use toxic chemotherapy to make space in the bone marrow for the healthy transplanted stem cells to engraft. The Stanford team will instead test a safe, non-toxic protein called […]

Lentiviral Gene Therapy for Infants with X-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency using Autologous Bone Marrow Stem Cells and Busulfan Conditioning

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is teaming up with UC San Francisco to repair the damaged immune system of children born with SCID. They will genetically modify the patient’s own blood stem cells, with the goal of creating a new blood system and restoring the health of the immune system.

A monoclonal antibody that depletes blood stem cells and enables chemotherapy free transplants

Therapeutic Candidate or Device CD34+CD90+ hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) in combination with AMG 191, a humanized anti-CD117 monoclonal antibody Indication Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Therapeutic Mechanism AMG 191 is being utilized as a conditioning agent for selectively eliminating endogenous stem cells in pediatric SCID patients prior to CD34+CD90+ hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for repopulation of the […]

A monoclonal antibody that depletes blood stem cells and enables chemotherapy free transplants

Lentiviral Gene Therapy for Infants with X-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency using Autologous Bone Marrow Stem Cells and Busulfan Conditioning

Therapeutic Candidate or Device Bone marrow stem cells will be transduced with a lentiviral vector to deliver a normal copy of the gamma-chain gene to treat X-linked SCID. Indication x-linked severe combined immunodeficiency, a severe pediatric disorder in which children have multiple defects in their immune system. Therapeutic Mechanism The gene therapy will correct the […]

Stem Cell & Gene Therapy for Fatal Bubble Baby Disease (SCID)

This video tells the story of a brave young patient, Ronnie, and his parents who decided to participate in a CIRM-funded trial run by UC San Francisco and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in an attempt to save Ronnie’s life from an often-fatal disease called severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). This disorder, also known as bubble […]