{"id":28835,"date":"2013-06-21T12:42:34","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T17:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=28835"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:28:16","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:28:16","slug":"the-guardian-hiv-cure-in-u-s-baby-stimulates-aids-research-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/the-guardian-hiv-cure-in-u-s-baby-stimulates-aids-research-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian: HIV \u2018cure\u2019 in U.S. baby stimulates AIDS research in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OXFORD, Miss. &#8211; When doctors from the University of Mississippi medical centre, United States (U.S.), announced on March 2, 2013 that a baby had been \u2018functionally cured\u2019 of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV), the world hailed the news as a historical medical breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p>The baby- famously known as the \u2018Mississippi baby\u2019- was born with HIV and treated with aggressive antiretroviral drugs 30 hours after birth. Now, more than two years old, doctors confirm that the baby has not taken any medication since the age of 18 months and tests show no sign of re-active HIV (detectable viral load).<\/p>\n<p>From the time that this extraordinary news was announced scientists and researchers have been busy trying to understand how the \u2018Mississippi baby\u2019 case could advance future research in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngrguardiannews.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=124982:hiv-cure-in-us-baby-stimulates-aids-research-in-africa&amp;catid=93:science&amp;Itemid=608\">Read the entire story. <\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OXFORD, Miss. &#8211; When doctors from the University of Mississippi medical centre, United States (U.S.), announced on March 2, 2013 that a baby had been \u2018functionally cured\u2019 of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV), the world hailed the news as a historical medical breakthrough. The baby- famously known as the \u2018Mississippi baby\u2019- was born with HIV and<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/the-guardian-hiv-cure-in-u-s-baby-stimulates-aids-research-in-africa\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the story &#x2026;<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[484],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Guardian: HIV \u2018cure\u2019 in U.S. baby stimulates AIDS research in Africa  - Ole Miss News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/the-guardian-hiv-cure-in-u-s-baby-stimulates-aids-research-in-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Guardian: HIV \u2018cure\u2019 in U.S. baby stimulates AIDS research in Africa  - Ole Miss News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OXFORD, Miss. &#8211; When doctors from the University of Mississippi medical centre, United States (U.S.), announced on March 2, 2013 that a baby had been \u2018functionally cured\u2019 of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV), the world hailed the news as a historical medical breakthrough. 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