Early treatment of severe combined immunodeficiency may be beneficial in newborns
Early treatment of severe combined immunodeficiency may be beneficial, and population-based newborn screening may be possible, according to the results of a systematic evidence review reported online April 19 and to be published in the May issue of Pediatrics.
For the first time, doctors are reporting that a child born with HIV and put on an unusually aggressive treatment regimen has been functionally cured of the infection.