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Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by worlexy(m): 11:54pm On Jul 11, 2014 |
The Mississippi baby who had been "functionally cured" of her HIV infection now has detectable levels of virus. It's a sad turn of events, but not necessarily a surprising one. You can read more about the Mississippi case in Popular Science's 2013 explainer. In short, the baby received an aggressive course of standard anti-retroviral treatment just 30 hours after she was born. Then, because her mother stopped bringing her to the doctor, she didn't get treated for a few months. Yet once doctors saw her again, they found no evidence that HIV was replicating in her blood—an unprecedented result. So researchers began hoping that perhaps aggressive early treatment could help other babies born with HIV. They set up a clinical trial to test this. At the same time, the Mississippi baby's doctors did find fragments of HIV DNA in her blood, a sign that she could still be infected. Commentators warned how unlikely it was this was a true, lifelong cure. Surely the girl's doctors knew this, too. It was a watch- and-wait situation, but everyone was hopeful. Now, the girl is almost four years old and she's having "an unequivocal relapse" with significant numbers of virus in her blood, as AIDS expert Dr. Anthony Fauci told the New York Times. Her caretakers can still manage the virus with anti-retrovirals, but if her infection is like others' and HIV treatments don't improve, she'll take those drugs for the rest of her life. That's not a terrible fate— many folks in the U.S. live with HIV—but it has its challenges. Researchers will now reconsider how they'll run the clinical trial they set up for other babies born with HIV, the New York Times reports. Source: www.popsci.com/article/science/baby-who-beat-hiv-months-no-longer-remission?src=SOC&dom=fb 1 Like |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by Onlinebizexpert(m): 12:00am On Jul 12, 2014 |
there is hope 2 Likes |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by worlexy(m): 12:03am On Jul 12, 2014 |
Onlinebizexpert: there is hopeyeah. It means we will soon get there. Soon, the definite cure will be found 8 Likes |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by kbshow100(m): 6:06am On Jul 12, 2014 |
If HIV get cure, a very big Gbege go dey, it will put some people out of business(oyinbo) and fornication will be high increase(ashawo). Anyway I wish girl all the best 1 Like |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by Smartsyn(m): 6:06am On Jul 12, 2014 |
We're almost there.. But why should this poor lad suffer for what she know nothing of... denying her the choice to dictate how she want her life to be. Life could be cruel sometimes. 4 Likes |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by slyzy(m): 6:08am On Jul 12, 2014 |
just as it was with gonorrhea, one day its cure will surface 1 Like |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by tonididdy(m): 6:09am On Jul 12, 2014 |
Aw so sad JUST WHEN IT SEEMED ALL was WELL |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by bitterpenis(m): 6:09am On Jul 12, 2014 |
Failed experiment |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by Nobody: 6:09am On Jul 12, 2014 |
Nigerian girls you can see HIV has no cure That thing you are doing because of Brazilian hair You will soon die!! 52 Likes |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by tinuolababy(f): 6:10am On Jul 12, 2014 |
worlexy: yeah. It means we will soon get there. Soon, the definite cure will be found I believe 3 Likes |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by Hackerjay(m): 6:11am On Jul 12, 2014 |
Chai, make another research commence for the real cure... Abi the baby own nah extra-ordinary? Video showing a Fake Pastor who Paid a church Member to act as a cripple for Fake Miracle |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by tonididdy(m): 6:12am On Jul 12, 2014 |
Where do this viruses come from?...now sweeping westafrica and God forbid ghana or Nigeria is the NOmerciful Ebola virus...yikes jesu lahor oh ! 1 Like |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by justi4jesu(f): 6:12am On Jul 12, 2014 |
Sad news |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by zolajpower: 6:12am On Jul 12, 2014 |
Just pray she doesnt hv to live with tht 4d rest of her life. "Sins of d parents" 1 Like |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by shortgun(m): 6:12am On Jul 12, 2014 |
This story initially gave hope to HIV infected people around the world that a cure is around the corner, now this. |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by Nobody: 6:12am On Jul 12, 2014 |
worlexy: yeah. It means we will soon get there. Soon, the definite cure will be found You sound hiv positive 5 Likes |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by Prowizy2(m): 6:13am On Jul 12, 2014 |
I can't wait for CD to loss its value |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by Nobody: 6:13am On Jul 12, 2014 |
O Crap! This is Sad news. |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by Yoney007(f): 6:14am On Jul 12, 2014 |
If its "resurfacing" that means it wasn't "cured" before. 1 Like |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by youngice(m): 6:14am On Jul 12, 2014 |
eyah |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by Gigateem(m): 6:16am On Jul 12, 2014 |
It's a pity some people have little or no choice about what lead to their predicaments.... I pray God grant science breakthrough on this menace called HIV! 2 Likes |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by jiddodo: 6:17am On Jul 12, 2014 |
Hackerjay: Chai, make another research commence for the real cure It has been undergoing ever since the disease appeared. Let's jst hope we get there soonest. For every disease there is a cure only dat it takes a while to be discovered. |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by priscaoge(f): 6:26am On Jul 12, 2014 |
There is hope! I believe someday d world will be free from this deadly HIV I feel 4 d little baby! 4 Likes |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by overhypedsteve(m): 6:27am On Jul 12, 2014 |
Those doctors should be sacked, when their colleagues were busy enjoying the medical strike, they wete busy going about scaring a young girl with HIV |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by aaidel(m): 6:28am On Jul 12, 2014 |
Yungwizzzy: [size=45pt]Nigerian girls you can see HIV has no cure and i guess you will live forever since you are negative smh 18 Likes |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by hydeka: 6:28am On Jul 12, 2014 |
In order to completely eradicate HIV from an infected patient, it will require complete inhibition of viral replication in all cell lines and body stores where the virus resides. But the problem is that some cell lines have shorter half-lives than others and some long infected T-cells with half-lives lasting more than 6 to 44 months have been identified hence this may require complete suppression of the virus for about 60 years or more. Another problem is that the virus resides in sites that achieve low antiretroviral concentrations such as the central nervous system. So once therapy is discontinued, these sites theoretically release unaffected virions and re-populate the host. Nevertheless, we keep hope alive. One day the breakthrough will come. 11 Likes |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by Andrew3(m): 6:29am On Jul 12, 2014 |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by dhtml(m): 6:30am On Jul 12, 2014 |
Na wa o |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by hrmkz: 6:32am On Jul 12, 2014 |
Lord God. |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by Nobody: 6:33am On Jul 12, 2014 |
very soon i fit nyash any babe without that yeye rubber 1 Like |
Re: Baby Who Had Been "Cured" Of HIV Now Has The Virus Resurfacing by lummiedee: 6:34am On Jul 12, 2014 |
All is well |
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