Saturday 26 October 2013

First child 'cured' of HIV remains in remission for 18 months

Researchers have revealed that a 3-year-old girl from Mississippi who was born with HIV continues to be in remission 18 months after her combination antiretroviral treatment was stopped. This is according to an updated case report published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Medical News Today reported on the early findings of this case in March this year, in which the researchers said was the first case of a "functional cure" in an HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) positive infant...

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