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Three young siblings don UCLA gear.
Sickle Cell clinical trial patient Evie Junior
Family photo: Christian and Alysia Padilla-Vaccaro with daughters Gigi (left), Annabella (seated) and Evangelina. Evangelina was born with a rare genetic immunodeficiency disorder, but thanks to a novel gene therapy at UCLA, her immune system was restored.
Photograph of Brenden Whittaker
At left, image shows white blood cells (red) from one of the X-CGD clinical trial participants before gene therapy. At right, after gene therapy, white blood cells from the same patient show the presence of the chemicals (blue) needed to attack and destroy bacteria and fungus.
Dr. Sarah Larson (left) and Yvonne Chen
Photograph of Dr. Theodore Scott Nowicki.
Hussein El Kerdi during his 2016 procedure at UCLA. His father, Ali El Kerdi (with cell phone) looks on.