A baby in Mississippi has everyone in the science world talking today to try to discover how a baby who was diagnosed with HIV at birth is now fully cured of the disease two years later. This is the first documented case of a baby being cured of the disease and only the second in history, so medical professionals are meeting this week to review the research. From ABC News:
The baby was on treatment and in care until 12 to 15 months of age, at which point the baby was lost to follow-up after doctors lost contact with the mother and the baby stopped receiving any medication. The baby returned for care at 23 months of age. Surprisingly, viral loads were still undetectable, despite being off treatment for almost a year. Johnston said the results were all the more shocking because doctors do not usually recommend stopping treatment at any time in children with HIV from birth.
Let’s take a year off from making slimmer smartphones and find this cure!