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The medical community is celebrating today, as scientists have announced a case in which a baby born with HIV has seemingly been ‘cured’ of the disease. So what does all of this mean for the ...
Doctors behind a baby's HIV "cure" no longer use that word. Oct. 24,2013— -- A Mississippi baby's so-called HIV "cure" looks promising so far, according to a new study, but the study doesn't ...
The case of the Mississippi baby had made international headlines.Born prematurely to a mother infected with HIV, the infant was given a cocktail of three antiretroviral drugs 30 hours after birth.
The Mississippi baby is now 3 1/2 and seems HIV-free despite no treatment for about two years. The Los Angeles baby is still getting AIDS medicines, so the status of her infection is not as clear.
The unnamed girl, dubbed the "Mississippi baby," raised hopes for a cure. — -- A girl believed to be “cured” of HIV at birth now has detectable levels of the virus, health officials said ...
Treatment of baby girl with HIV began four hours after birth; Tests suggest the baby is completely free of the virus; California case comes one month after similar one in Mississippi ...
About 300,000 children were born with HIV in 2011, mostly in poor countries where only about 60 percent of infected pregnant women get treatment that can keep them from passing the virus to their ...
A baby who doctors had hoped may have been cured of HIV infection is infected again, doctors reported on Thursday — a disappointing blow to hopes that it might be possible to stop infection in ...
The news that a baby who was born with Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) appears to be cured and medication-free more than 2.5 years later has sent ripples through the scientific community.
The girl%2C now 3%2C stopped taking medicines 18 months ago and is still HIV-free Currently doctors do not know how long one must be HIV-free to be considered cured A government study aims to ...
A Mississippi baby scientists said was “functionally cured” of HIV now has detectable levels of the virus. Learn more about the Mississippi baby HIV case.
The announcement that a baby in Mississippi has been allegedly cured of an HIV infection could have implications for other HIV-infected infants, and perhaps even adults, according to experts.