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Remember the Bubble Boy from the '70s?

One of the more famous cases in medical science, David Vetter was born in 1971 with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which made him extremely vulnerable to germs and disease. So, 20 seconds after he was born, he was put into a sealed, plastic chamber. He remained in there until the age of six at which point he was given a plastic suit designed by NASA so he could move around more freely. Still, a plastic shield separated him from the rest of the world until he died at age 12 after a bone marrow transplant, one of the only other known treatments for the disease, failed.

[rebelmouse-image 19470792 dam="1" original_size="353x269" caption="David Vetter in his plastic suit. Photo via Wikimedia Commons." expand=1]David Vetter in his plastic suit. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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