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THE PROBLEM: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common virus that typically causes mild, cold-like symptoms — but it can be deadly to older adults, young children and people with chronic heart or lung disease or weakened immune systems. Each year in the U.S., 60,000 to 160,000 adults 65 years and older are hospitalized, and up to 10,000 people die each year from RSV infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
 

THE PROBLEM: APDS (activated PI3 kinase delta syndrome) — also known as PASLI (p110 delta-activating mutation causing senescent T cells, lymphadenopathy and immunodeficiency) disease — is a rare disorder that severely impairs the immune system’s ability to fight bacterial and viral infections, making patients susceptible to severe and recurrent infections, lymphoma, autoimmune diseases and other health issues. This disease is estimated to affect up to two people per million, and it can only be cured via bone marrow transplant.