‘Bubble’ baby in fight for his life

A four-month-old baby boy born with no immune system is living in a “bubble” – because a common cold could kill him. Fife couple Linsay and Graham Gartshore’s baby son Frankie was born without an immune system and cannot fight the simplest of infections.

Even the common cold passed on by a kiss from his parents could be fatal.

He was born with severe combined immunodeficiency, which is caused by a mutation in a child’s genetic makeup. He is awaiting a bone marrow transplant.