severe combined immune deficiency

or severe combined immunodeficiency

noun

, Pathology.

1. a group of rare congenital disorders in which both cell-mediated and humoral immunity are lacking, causing susceptibility to a wide variety of illnesses and an inability to live in a normal environment. : SCID

Example Sentences

The award foundation said in a statement Thursday that the “revolutionary” work of Charpentier and Doudna in genome-editing technology held great promise for gene therapy and in the treatment of diseases such as cancer, cystic fibrosis and Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Syndrome - commonly called the “boy in the bubble” disease - among others.

From Washington Times

The award foundation said in a statement Thursday that the "revolutionary" work of Charpentier and Doudna in genome-editing technology held great promise for gene therapy and in the treatment of diseases such as cancer, cystic fibrosis and Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Syndrome — commonly called the "boy in the bubble" disease — among others.

From US News

Two studies published today in Science Translational Medicine show that 13 of 16 children treated with gene therapy for severe combined immune deficiency, or SCID, have had their immune systems restored, and one other is in remission for leukaemia that developed due to the gene therapy treatment.

From Scientific American

Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Syndrome is a rare inherited genetic disorder.

From BBC