Toddler cured of AIDS

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<p>A 2-year-old Mississippi child has apparently been cured of HIV/AIDS by aggressive, high-dose antiviral therapy initiated immediately after birth.</p>

<p>[Toddler</a> “Functionally Cured” of HIV Infection, NIH-Supported Investigators Report](<a href=“The page you’re looking for isn’t available | NIAID: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases”>The page you’re looking for isn’t available | NIAID: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)</p>

<p>The child was born to an HIV-positive mother and put on antivirals at birth, but apparently her mother went off the map, medically, for months… doctors tracked the child down through child protective services, and found that despite being off the antiviral drugs for a lengthy period of time, the child had no detectable viral load - and remains healthy today with no viral activity or drug therapy.</p>

<p>Researchers theorize that the high-dose regimen begun immediately after birth prevented the HIV virus from gaining a foothold in the body, and are now pursuing the implications of this finding.</p>

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<p>Polarscribe, great story. Thanks for the post.</p>

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<p>That is great. Hopefully there will be a cure for everyone someday.</p>

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<p>I’m generally amazed at the rate of medical progress whether intentional or accidental. This seems to be a case of the latter but there will be research done to see if it will help others and that could result in a fix for babies in general.</p>