Boy in the Bubble

An experimental gene therapy has restored functioning immune systems to seven young children with ‘bubble-boy’ diseases, so called because of the plastic enclosures that were once used to protect affected children from possible infection. For them, even a common cold can be fatal. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01257-9 3 comments 18/4/2019 science

In a clinical study of genetically modified stem cells, 9 out of 10 children born with severe combined immunodeficiency — ‘bubble-boy disease’ — a potentially lethal condition in which a person’s immune system does not function properly, are doing well up to 8 years after treatment. https://www.jci.org/articles/view/90367 11 comments 30/4/2017 science

[Highlight] Bobby Portis dunks on Bubble Boy Jr. https://streamable.com/w394o6 104 comments 28/5/2021 nba

Charles Barkley throws blatant shade at Heat: 'Those boys from Miami can only play in the bubble' https://heatnation.com/media/charles-barkley-throws-blatant-shade-at-heat-those-boys-from-miami-can-only-play-in-the-bubble/amp/?__twitter_impression=true 125 comments 26/5/2021 nba

Balkan boys are really living it up in the bubble https://scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/118440017_306476540642746_2792014293745535594_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=110&_nc_ohc=coxjjux1ovoax8vpt3u&oh=e070f26dded61e122231f294be920dd7&oe=5f71ea72 240 comments 28/8/2020 nba

[Calgary Flames] Birthday boy Johnny Gaudreau takes us on an arena walk-around back to the Flames' room in the bubble and boos the Oiler's room on the way back https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1293988376568193024?s=20 45 comments 13/8/2020 hockey

Opinion | Trump is our ‘boy in the bubble’ — a right-wing information bubble https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-our-boy-in-the-bubble--a-right-wing-information-bubble/2020/07/09/9aad6b18-c20d-11ea-9fdd-b7ac6b051dc8_story.html 31 comments 10/7/2020 politics

[Katz] Ish Smith on packing for the bubble: “I went to CVS and bought two of everything. I feel like Noah’s Ark." [He’s also] going to Target to get skin cleanser for the bubble: “I ain’t no pretty boy but I wanna make sure I look presentable so my mom and dad don’t disown me." https://twitter.com/fredkatz/status/1280151171966087168?s=21 346 comments 6/7/2020 nba

Bubble Boys: The NBA's New Relaxed Dress Code Kisses the Suit Goodbye https://www.gq.com/story/nba-dress-code-orlando-bubble 6 comments 30/6/2020 nba

Michigan priest gets 60 days in jail for bubble wrapping boy https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/01/27/priest-gets-jail-bubble-wrapping-boy/4587603002/ 156 comments 27/1/2020 nottheonion

HIV used to cure 'bubble boy' disease https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47969367 11 comments 20/4/2019 nottheonion

Gene Therapy Cures Babies with "Bubble Boy" Disease https://www.genengnews.com/topics/gene-therapy-cures-babies-with-bubble-boy-disease/ 5 comments 19/4/2019 science

Clinical trials: Researchers successfully treat babies with 'bubble boy' disease using gene therapy and no complications found. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/17/bubble-boy-disease-cured-st-jude-hospital/3502388002/ 3 comments 18/4/2019 science

HIV used to cure the 'bubble boy' disease- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47969367 34 comments 18/4/2019 worldnews

From enemy to friend: doctors use HIV, great destroyer of the immune system, to create a gene therapy to fix it for 'bubble boy' disease. https://apnews.com/38abc495ee3840289d59ac35e0d21af3 3 comments 17/4/2019 worldnews

Gene therapy cures 10 infants with ‘bubble boy’ immune disease https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/gene-therapy-cures-infants-with-bubble-boy-immune-disease/2019/04/17/ec4b131e-60ff-11e9-bfad-36a7eb36cb60_story.html?utm_term=.b3db186d5e46 7 comments 17/4/2019 science

Rudy G and Bubble Boy Trump: Call It Implausible Deniability https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/05/07/rudy-g-and-bubble-boy-trump-call-it-implausible-deniability 4 comments 7/5/2018 politics

Isildur1 Bubble Boy or Hero Fold? - 2018 Super High Roller poker hand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3arNahmBaw 29 comments 24/4/2018 poker

Bubble Boy Bobby Shiller's sad record of market calls http://economistsview.typepad.com/timduy/2017/10/no-better-than-the-rest-of-us.html 4 comments 15/10/2017 wallstreetbets

Italian boy and parents die after falling into hole inside a fenced off area at bubbling volcano near Naples http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-13/parents-and-boy-die-after-falling-into-volcano/8939720? 14 comments 13/9/2017 worldnews

Your 1 for 1 drop bubble boy is... (WSOP Spoilers) https://www.reddit.com/r/poker/comments/6fafwk/your_1_for_1_drop_bubble_boy_is_wsop_spoilers/ 13 comments 4/6/2017 poker

(Spoiler) And the SHRB money bubble boy is... https://www.reddit.com/r/poker/comments/6ejp9l/spoiler_and_the_shrb_money_bubble_boy_is/ 7 comments 1/6/2017 poker

Mike Smith (Bubbles) from Trailer Park Boys charged with domestic battery http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/nova-scotia/trailer-park-boys-bubbles-la-arrest-1.3518081 4 comments 4/4/2016 worldnews

Bitcoin Security: Bubble Boy and the Sewer Rat - a video talk by Andreas M. Antonopoulos https://youtu.be/810aKcfM__Q 8 comments 10/11/2015 btc

Main Event Bubble Boy http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/update/VKM/roy-daoud-eliminated-on-the-bubble/ 10 comments 11/7/2015 poker

'Bubble Boy' disease cured via stem cells https://time.com/3594916/bubble-boy-stem-cells-cure/ 2 comments 20/11/2014 science

UCLA Doctor discovers cure for ‘Bubble Boy’ SCID disease http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/doctor-discovers-cure-bubble-baby-disease-article-1.2015045 9 comments 19/11/2014 science

New gene therapy for "bubble boy" disease appears effective and safe http://hms.harvard.edu/news/shuttle-immunity 4 comments 11/10/2014 science

Transplant Saves First ‘Bubble Boy’ (Baby with SCID) in Wash. State Detected with Newborn Screening http://pulse.seattlechildrens.org/transplant-saves-first-bubble-boy-in-wash-state-detected-with-newborn-screening/ 8 comments 14/8/2014 science

HELP SEND BUBBLES FROM TRAILER PARK BOYS TO SPACE!!! - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4M6bMuQkqc 3 comments 30/3/2012 space

...His only human contact comes in the form of gloved hands... The Republican voter was born with a deficient understanding disorder, aka "The boy in the Plastic Bubble." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/17/keith-olbermann-bill-maher-republican-voter-bubble_n_967598.html 4 comments 17/9/2011 reddit.com

Jon Stewart To Bill O'Reilly: 'Is Glenn Beck Like The Bubble Boy Of Fox News?' http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/09/jon-stewart-to-bill-oreilly-is-glenn-beck-like-the-bubble-boy-of-fox-news-video.php 4 comments 28/9/2010 politics

Her Bile Bubbles Over: One Palin supporter shouted a racial epithet at an African American sound man for a network and told him, "Sit down, boy." http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/222422.php 16 comments 7/10/2008 politics

Bursting the bubble: The sad truth about the bubble boy's short and unpleasant life http://www.houstonpress.com/1997-04-10/news/bursting-the-bubble/full 65 comments 1/8/2007 reddit.com