
Johns Hopkins Medicine/AP - Specialists say the finding offers exciting clues for how to eliminate HIV infection in children. “Maybe we'll be able to block this reservoir seeding,” Dr. Deborah Persaud said.
HIV cured in baby for the first time: scientists (via AFP)
Researchers said Sunday they had, for the first time, cured a baby born with HIV — a development that could help improve treatment of babies infected at birth. There is an important technical nuance: researchers insist on calling it a “functional cure” rather than a complete cure. That is because…




