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<blockquote data-quote="InsideUPS" data-source="post: 1112361" data-attributes="member: 31414"><p>Brown_trousers.... Please click on the following Fox (Faux) News Link : (Conservative News Outlet)</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/03/06/doctor-gutsy-move-led-to-baby-hiv-cure/" target="_blank">Doctor's 'gutsy' move led to baby's HIV cure | Fox News</a> </p><p></p><p>"The doctor who cured an HIV infected baby for the first time is happier talking to children than to adults and is finding all the attention since the news came out a little overwhelming.</p><p>Dr. Hannah Gay and colleagues Dr. Katherine Luzuriaga of the University of Massachusetts and Dr. Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore reported on the child's case at a medical meeting in Atlanta on Sunday.</p><p>"The breakthrough has been exciting and I'm very hopeful that that's going to lead to future research that will give us some answers," said Gay, a Mississippi pediatrician and soft-spoken mother of four adult children."</p><p></p><p><u>or for a more "liberal" news outlet</u>:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/18/health/hiv-functional-cure/index.html" target="_blank">HIV may be 'functionally cured' in some people - CNN.com</a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"><strong>"(CNN)</strong> -- Evidence is mounting that it is possible to control the virus that causes AIDS with early treatment, so further therapy is not immediately needed. </span><span style="font-family: inherit">A recent <a href="http://www.plospathogens.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.ppat.1003211" target="_blank">study in the journal PLOS Pathogens</a> reports that 14 patients with HIV, who received antiretroviral treatment within 10 weeks of infection, had their viral loads decreased so much that scientists say they are "functionally cured."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit">"The amazing thing is that it seems that by early treatment, we can induce this type of control of infection in 10-15% of individuals," says lead study author Asier Saez-Cirion of the Institute Pasteur in Paris."</span></p><p></p><p>I happen to take a special interest in infant related cancers. My daughter is a graduate student at UNC and just finished up in an HIV research lab. Her graduate research interests are in pediatric cancers. I'm also proud to say that she initiated the first Camp Kesem for children here in Ohio last year as an undergraduate at The Ohio State University. She and my wife who was a volunteer R.N. for the camp are pictured here on "Formal Day". </p><p></p><p> <a href="http://campkesem.org/ohio-state" target="_blank">Camp Kesem</a></p><p></p><p>So....as you can see... some infants infected with HIV no longer have to face certain death.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsideUPS, post: 1112361, member: 31414"] Brown_trousers.... Please click on the following Fox (Faux) News Link : (Conservative News Outlet) [URL="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/03/06/doctor-gutsy-move-led-to-baby-hiv-cure/"]Doctor's 'gutsy' move led to baby's HIV cure | Fox News[/URL] "The doctor who cured an HIV infected baby for the first time is happier talking to children than to adults and is finding all the attention since the news came out a little overwhelming. Dr. Hannah Gay and colleagues Dr. Katherine Luzuriaga of the University of Massachusetts and Dr. Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore reported on the child's case at a medical meeting in Atlanta on Sunday. "The breakthrough has been exciting and I'm very hopeful that that's going to lead to future research that will give us some answers," said Gay, a Mississippi pediatrician and soft-spoken mother of four adult children." [U]or for a more "liberal" news outlet[/U]: [URL="http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/18/health/hiv-functional-cure/index.html"]HIV may be 'functionally cured' in some people - CNN.com[/URL] [FONT=inherit][B]"(CNN)[/B] -- Evidence is mounting that it is possible to control the virus that causes AIDS with early treatment, so further therapy is not immediately needed. [/FONT][FONT=inherit]A recent [URL="http://www.plospathogens.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.ppat.1003211"]study in the journal PLOS Pathogens[/URL] reports that 14 patients with HIV, who received antiretroviral treatment within 10 weeks of infection, had their viral loads decreased so much that scientists say they are "functionally cured."[/FONT] [FONT=inherit]"The amazing thing is that it seems that by early treatment, we can induce this type of control of infection in 10-15% of individuals," says lead study author Asier Saez-Cirion of the Institute Pasteur in Paris."[/FONT] I happen to take a special interest in infant related cancers. My daughter is a graduate student at UNC and just finished up in an HIV research lab. Her graduate research interests are in pediatric cancers. I'm also proud to say that she initiated the first Camp Kesem for children here in Ohio last year as an undergraduate at The Ohio State University. She and my wife who was a volunteer R.N. for the camp are pictured here on "Formal Day". [URL="http://campkesem.org/ohio-state"]Camp Kesem[/URL] So....as you can see... some infants infected with HIV no longer have to face certain death. [/QUOTE]
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