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John Travolta played Tod Lubitch, a teenage boy born with no immune system, in 'The Boy in the Plastic Bubble,' which aired on Nov. 12, 1976.

John Travolta played Tod Lubitch, a teenage boy born with no immune system, in 'The Boy in the Plastic Bubble,' which aired on Nov. 12, 1976.

John Travolta played Tod Lubitch, a teenage boy born with no immune system, in 'The Boy in the Plastic Bubble,' which aired on Nov. 12, 1976.

John Travolta played Tod Lubitch, a teenage boy born with no immune system, in 'The Boy in the Plastic Bubble,' which aired on Nov. 12, 1976.

John Travolta played Tod Lubitch, a teenage boy born with no immune system, in 'The Boy in the Plastic Bubble,' which aired on Nov. 12, 1976.

John Travolta played Tod Lubitch, a teenage boy born with no immune system, in 'The Boy in the Plastic Bubble,' which aired on Nov. 12, 1976.

John Travolta played Tod Lubitch, a teenage boy born with no immune system, in 'The Boy in the Plastic Bubble,' which aired on Nov. 12, 1976.

John Travolta claimed he was passed over for large movie roles including on for the romantic comedy "Splash."

Children suffering from a rare and life-threatening condition have been successfully treated by a gene therapy that makes use of their own stem cells.

Nonhuman primates are also used for medical research and are certainly closer stand-ins for humans. But using them for this purpose raises numerous ethical considerations. With these concerns in mind, the National Institutes of Health retired most of its chimpanzees from biomedical research in 2013. Alternative animal models are in demand. Swine are a viable option for medical research because of their similarities to humans. And with their widespread commercial use, pigs are met with fewer ...