Nina Warnell was born with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome Her body is unable to fight even mild germs meaning a cold could kill her Her parents are forced to disinfect their house 2 or 3 times a day Nine was offered a bone marrow transplant but no donor could be found Great Ormond Street Hospital is now treating her with pioneering therapy Involves re-engineering her bone marrow to add a vital missing gene They hope this will allow her to develop her own immune system

By Emma Innes

PUBLISHED: 06:05 EST, 15 July 2013 | UPDATED: 09:14 EST, 15 July 2013

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A baby born without an immune system is trialling a world-first gene therapy cure to re-boot her bodys defence systems and give her the chance of life outside a sterilised environment.

Seventeen-month-old Nina Warnell suffers from Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome (SCID) - an inherited condition known as bubble baby syndrome - which affects just one in 300,000 babies.

She has all the appearance of a healthy child but her body is unable to fight even the mildest germs - meaning even a cough or sneeze could kill her.

Nina Warnell, 17-months-old, was born with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome which means her body is unable to fight germs

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Baby born without an immune system given world-first gene therapy in the hope it will 're-boot' her body's defences

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