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Baby Cured of HIV After Early Treatment

Written by Kate Winter on . Posted in Science

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For the second time ever, scientists have cured HIV.

This functional cure, a rare event in which a person achieves remission without the need for drugs, occurred in a baby in Mississippi when it was treated aggressively and early.

A blood test has shown no signs that the virus is making copies of itself anymore.