One life. One kiss could kill him /

Toby Ellis has Ipex Syndrome, which is an extremely rare and dreadful auto-immune disease. His body lacks the cells which would help his immune system decide what's harmful and what's harmless. This means Toby's immune system attacks his own major organs. Toby's mother has never...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	British Broadcasting Corporation (Producer)
Other Authors:	Duttine, Joe (Narrator), Crellin, Rachel (Director, Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	London, England : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 2006.
Series:	Health and society in video One Life ; Series 7, Episode 5
Subjects:	Autoimmune diseases. Genetic disorders. Autoimmune Diseases Genetic Diseases, Inborn Maladies auto-immunes. Maladies génétiques. Documentaries and Factual Films Streaming videos. Documentary films. Documentaires.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Toby Ellis has Ipex Syndrome, which is an extremely rare and dreadful auto-immune disease. His body lacks the cells which would help his immune system decide what's harmful and what's harmless. This means Toby's immune system attacks his own major organs. Toby's mother has never been allowed to kiss him, as her everyday germs could kill him. Without a bone marrow transplant Toby will die. At the same time, Toby's aunt is pregnant and will only find out at the child's birth if it too has Ipex Syndrome (50/50 chance). The film captures Toby's transplant operation - and also follows his aunt's story to its conclusion.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 15, 2014).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (40 min.).
Playing Time:	00:39:34