Baby cured of HIV – Doctors

Scientists in the US say they cured a baby of HIV through drug therapy.
It is seen as a breakthrough that could help thousands of HIV-positive babies worldwide. The baby was born in rural Mississippi in 2010 to a mother who was HIV-positive. Doctors at the hospital gave the baby a regimen of AIDS drugs already in the market. After 18 months of treatment, the doctors lost contact with the mother and child, and when she returned to the doctor after 5 months, tests showed the baby was already HIV negative. Repeated tests using more sensitive methods still confirm the baby is HIV free. Some scientists said it could also be possible that the treatment actually stopped the virus from infecting the baby, instead of curing the patient. The only other case of a patient cured of HIV was that of the “Berlin patient.” Timothy Brown was suffering from HIV and leukemia in 2007 when he underwent a bone marrow transplant that cured him of both diseases. As of 2012, Brown said he is still HIV-free.

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