A rare disease that has cut off children from the outside world now potentially has a cure.

A clinical trial to treat severe combined immunodeficiency disorder (SCID), commonly referred to as “bubble boy disease,” has amazed many in the medical community.

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Eliana Nachem is a little girl with big dreams.

“I would like to be an artist,” she said. “I don't exactly know what job I might do to make money, I mean, unless somehow I become famous as an artist.”

That day, the 12-year-old was indoors because she wanted to be, not because she had to.

The first year of her life was spent in the confines of a sterile environment where doors and windows had to stay shut and visitors had to stay out — all to save her life.

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