"The world learned of an astonishing medical breakthrough on Sunday with the announcement that a baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured.Scientists described the case of a child from Mississippi who's now 2½ and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection.There's no guarantee the child will remain healthy, although sophisticated testing uncovered just traces of the virus' genetic material still lingering. If so, it would mark only the world's second reported cure.Specialists say Sunday's announcement, at a major AIDS meeting in Atlanta, offers promising clues for efforts to eliminate HIV infection in children, especially in AIDS-plagued African countries where too many babies are born with the virus."
"The world learned of an astonishing medical breakthrough on Sunday with the announcement that a baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured.Scientists described the case of a child from Mississippi who's now 2½ and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection.There's no guarantee the child will remain healthy, although sophisticated testing uncovered just traces of the virus' genetic material still lingering. If so, it would mark only the world's second reported cure.Specialists say Sunday's announcement, at a major AIDS meeting in Atlanta, offers promising clues for efforts to eliminate HIV infection in children, especially in AIDS-plagued African countries where too many babies are born with the virus."
Source: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/health/2013/03/04/miracle-baby-born-with-hiv-cured-say-scientists/
That's great news. What are your thoughts?