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A nine-year-old infected with HIV at birth has spent most of their life without needing any treatment, say doctors in South Africa. The child, whose identity is being protected, was given a burst of treatment shortly after birth. They have since been off drugs for eight-and-a-half years without symptoms or signs of active virus. The family is said to be "really delighted". Most people need treatment every day to prevent HIV destroying the immune system and causing Aids. Understanding how the child is protected could lead to new drugs or a vaccine for stopping HIV. The child caught the infection from their mother around the time of birth in 2007. They had very high levels of HIV in the blood. Early antiretroviral therapy was not standard practice at the time, but was given to the child from nine weeks old as part of a clinical trial. Levels of the virus became undetectable, treatment was stopped after 40 weeks and unlike anybody else on the study - the virus has not returned. Early therapy which attacks the virus before it has a chance to fully establish itself has been implicated in child "cure" cases twice before. The "Mississippi Baby" was put on treatment within 30 hours of birth and went 27 months without treatment before HIV re- emerged in her blood. There was also a case in France with a patient who has now gone more than 11 years without drugs. Dr Avy Violari, the head of paediatric research at the Perinal HIV Research Unit in Johannesburg, said: "We don't believe that antiretroviral therapy alone can lead to remission. "We don't really know what's the reason why this child has achieved remission - we believe it's either genetic or immune system-related." 'Virtual cure' Some people are naturally better at dealing with an HIV infection - so-called "elite controllers". However, whatever the child has is different to anything that has been seen before. Replicating it as a new form of therapy - a drug, antibody or vaccine - would have the potential to help other patients. It is worth noting that while there is no active HIV in the child's body, the virus has been detected in the child's immune cells. HIV can hide inside them - called latent HIV - for long periods of time, so there is still a danger the child could need drug treatment in the future. The team in Johannesburg performed the study alongside the UK's MRC Clinical Trials Unit. 'One child' Prof Diana Gibb, who is based in London, told the BBC News website: "It captures the imagination because you've got a virtual cure and it is exciting to see cases like this. "But it is important to remember it is one child. Injections are 'next revolution' in HIV, study finds Hunt for HIV cure turns to cancer drugs Aids deaths halve as more get drugs "HIV is still a massive problem around the world and we mustn't put all our eyes on to one phenomenon like this, as opposed to looking at the bigger issues for Africa." Worldwide, 36.7 million people are living with HIV and only 53% of them are receiving antiretroviral therapy. Dr Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said: "Further study is needed to learn how to induce long-term HIV remission in infected babies. "However, this new case strengthens our hope that by treating HIV-infected children for a brief period beginning in infancy, we may be able to spare them the burden of lifelong therapy and the health consequences of long-term immune activation typically associated with HIV disease."

US President Donald Trump has named General John Kelly, who currently heads the Department of Homeland Security, as his next chief of staff. The announcement, made on Twitter on Friday afternoon, removes Reince Priebus from the role. The embattled former chief of staff had faced pressure since being named as a possible leaker by Mr Trump's newly appointed director of communication. Mr Priebus told CNN he resigned on Thursday after talking with Mr Trump. "The president wanted to go in a different direction," he told CNN's Wolf Blitzer, adding that he thought Gen Kelly was "a brilliant pick". Anthony Scaramucci, who was appointed communications director one week ago, had accused Mr Priebus - a Republican Party stalwart - of leaking to the press. He also phoned a reporter to unleash a profanity-filled rant against Mr Priebus, whom he called a "paranoid schizophrenic". The people around Donald Trump Gen Kelly is a retired general who has become the face of border security. In a series of tweets just before 17:00 (22:00 GMT) on Friday, the president praised the former Marine Corp general as a "great American" and a "great leader". "John has done a spectacular job at Homeland Security. He has been a true star of my administration," said the president. He will start work on Monday, a White House spokesperson says. Gen Kelly's deputy, Elaine Duke, will become acting head of the Department of Homeland Security. Glittering career of John Kelly the former four-star general had a military career spanning four decades he is the highest-ranking military officer to lose a child in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan son Robert, a first lieutenant in the Marines, was killed in combat when he stepped on a landmine in Afghanistan in 2010 at Homeland Security, was responsible for border, immigration, cyber hacking, airport security and natural disaster management In a third tweet, President Trump praised the outgoing chief of staff, who had previously worked as the chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC). "I would like to thank Reince Priebus for his service and dedication to his country. We accomplished a lot together and I am proud of him," he said. In his previous role as RNC chairman, he acted as a bridge between the Republican nominee and a party establishment that was often uncomfortable with its own presidential standard-bearer. Analysis: Trump cutting Republicans loose By Anthony Zurcher, BBC News, Washington Was there really any doubt who Donald Trump was going to side with in the Priebus-Scaramucci feud? The newly appointed communications director took dead aim at the chief of staff online and on-air this week, calling him a "paranoid schizophrenic". Well, as the saying goes, even paranoids have enemies. On Friday afternoon the axe fell. With Priebus's departure, the purge of establishment Republicans within the Trump White House is in full swing. The former head of the Republican National Committee was brought in as a veteran Washington player to help bridge the insider-outsider gap in the administration, but instead he tumbled into the chasm. It's clear, in tweets and comments, that Mr Trump believes the Republican Party does not have his best interests in mind. Now he's cutting the party loose . By all accounts Priebus's successor, John Kelly, is a well liked, highly respected man. His selection is yet another example of Mr Trump's preference for military brass in positions of authority. His managerial skills will be sorely tested, however, by a White House staff that has been wracked by internal strife. Leading an army into battle may seem easy by comparison. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said she did not think the administration's relationship with the Republican Party would be affected by Mr Priebus's exit. "I think we've still got a good relationship. We're going to continue working with the party and doing what we came here to do," she said. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, a close friend of Mr Priebus and a fellow Republican, said he had served "the president and the American people capably and passionately". "He has achieved so much, and he has done it all with class. I could not be more proud to call Reince a dear friend," he said.

Unilorin Admission Guide UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN PRESS STATEMENT Unilorin yet to release Admission Screening date The attention of the management of the University of Ilorin has been drawn to a statement currently trending on some social media platforms to the effect that the University has announced the date and procedure for the screening of admission candidates for the 2017/2018 admission exercise. The purported announcement even went as far as directing admission seekers to a phantom website on which to upload their eligibility details. We want to state categorically that the University of Ilorin is yet to commence any screening for the 2017/2018 admission exercise. In fact, we are yet to release the cut-off marks for this year’s admission exercise. The online announcement is the handiwork of scammers and 419ers who are bent on taking advantage of the anxious admission seekers to fleece them of huge sums of money. Perceptive members of the public ought to know, even from the headline of the statement, that such can never emanate from the University of Ilorin. We therefore warn all admission seekers and their parents/ guardians to exercise some patience and wait for the official release of screening instruction by the University. They should be wary of falling cheaply for the antics of scammers. Signed Kunle Akogun Head, Corporate Affairs, University of Ilorin. UNILORIN ADMISSION GUIDE Www.facebook.com/uniloriniq Unilorin Admission Guide ...Aimed at disseminating reliable and authentic information on Unilorin Admission, guiding candidates...

Karlovich:
heart attack for the skull miners

you mean your people in calabar

is that all,thanks for you for making me reading this laughable lie

CROWNWEALTH019:
He dare not enter the east, cause he may not return back.....

nothing will happen my bro,a general will always be general

Please where is ilegend, problem solver

With this, I will turn to Osama soon

Alhamdallah

no matter how fat you are u will always find your lover hmmm

hustling in this recession has taken another dimension ;Dhustling in this recession has taken another dimension

hustling in this recession has taken another dimension

Thing keeps changing in this changing era nw

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pls is that funny? Get sense in Jesus name!!!!! pls is that funny? Get sense in Jesus name!!!!!

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save journey Sir

overdependent on gov

Rip autopsy should have been carrier out may almighty Allah give her family to bear d lost

moving cattle on the federal roads must be banned so that such things would not repeat itself

let me take all my credentials, oyah back to home offee

Angelparadise:
Are we heading to equate Zimbabwe dollars? Those that voted for change how far ?

we are fine thank you sha

if it is biblical, you can go ahead

war war? dont you know people are not smilling

future ladokites we shall share our great testimony sooooon

brostheo:
I pity those admitted into uniben here tho,running from auditorium to main gate,from main gate to here.You get to auditorium by 5am,you not even among the first 50 on the line. Una go hear am for physical clearance!!

all uniben peeps here can relate to this

has uniben released admission list?

BlackSeptember:
How come i only read about cras in food price but i don't experience it?



All these Eko rice, Anambra rice, Ebonyi rice, Kano rice I've not encountered anyone Except aliens are the ones eating it

Don't warry it will reach your area soon,as farmers are multiplying day by day

you can suppress them if you liaise wt army bi ko

they are both our leaders and not only leaders Great leaders I mean

No permanent enemy in politics but permanent interest

this thing is not new at all thank God that they left,#10 there if it were to b here they wont leave a penny,everything will just disappear
**pls dnt qoute me oo**