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David Phillip Vetter (1971–1984)
By: Maggie Zhou
| Published: Aug 01, 2024
David Phillip Vetter was born with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency disorder, or X-SCID, and spent most of his life in an isolated sterile…
X-Linked Combined Immunodeficiency DiseasesX-Linked SCIDSevere Combined ImmunodeficiencyBone Marrow--TransplantationAutoimmune Diseases
X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (X-SCID)
By: Maggie Zhou
| Published: Jun 25, 2024
X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency, or X-SCID, is a chromosomal disorder in which the immune system lacks multiple protective cells that…
X-Linked Combined Immunodeficiency DiseasesX-Linked SCIDSevere Combined ImmunodeficiencyBone Marrow--TransplantationAutoimmune Diseases
Germ-Free Animals
By: Maggie Zhou
| Published: May 24, 2024
Germ-free, or GF, animals are laboratory animals that completely lack microbes, making them useful tools for microbiome research. Researchers create…
Germ-Free LifeMicrobiome, HumanGut MicrobiomeBrain-Gut AxisGermfree animals
DTaP Vaccination Series
By: Maggie Zhou
| Published: Jun 21, 2024
The DTaP vaccination series is an FDA-approved, five-shot vaccine for young children in the United States for protection against diphtheria, tetanus…
Diphtheria ToxoidDiphtheria ToxinCorynebacterium diphtheriaeDiphtheria-Tetanus VaccineDiphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccines
Pearl Luella Kendrick (1890–1980)
By: Maggie Zhou
| Published: Dec 23, 2022
Pearl Luella Kendrick researched prevention for pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, during the mid-1900s.…
Tuberculosis VaccinesPertussis vaccinesAmerican Public Health AssociationPublicationsViral vaccines