Cenk Uygur
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Baby Born With HIV Apparently Cured
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March 5, 2013
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5:43Now Playing"A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who's now 2 1/2 and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection.
There's no guarantee the child will remain healthy, although sophisticated testing uncovered just traces of the virus' genetic material still lingering. If so, it would mark only the world's second reported cure."*
After being born with HIV, a baby is now apparently no longer showing any signs of the virus. Doctors gave the baby aggressive HIV treatment soon after birth, which may have caused this sharp turnaround. If the virus is indeed cured and not just dormant in her body, this could mean a great medical breakthrough. Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz, and Nikki Deloach (Actress, MTV's Awkward) discuss.
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