HOUSTON — Tuesday marked a milestone birthday for a boy who has saved countless lives through his own battle. David Vetter would've turned 50 years old Tuesday. Most knew him as the boy who lived in a ...
He ate, played and learned like any other kid. But David Vetter’s life unfolded in a series of unusual environments: plastic, bubblelike enclosures that protected him from germs. He had severe ...
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- David Vetter, better known as the "Bubble Boy," left a legacy that has impacted health care procedures, especially in those with similar compromised immunities. David, who was ...
He came to UAB from Baylor University, where in 1971 he assisted in the implementation of the first germ-free environmental bubble in the United States for a patient born with severe combined ...
The first experimental matched bone marrow transplants successfully treat immunodeficient patients. In both cases the matches are between identical twins. April: A healthy baby girl, Katherine Vetter, ...