"...a now 31-year-old woman...took antiretroviral therapy for six months during pregnancy to prevent transmitting the infection to her baby." I imagine the many minds looking for links between pregnancy, ant-virals and two very young systems intertwined. It raises all sort of possibilities! "we cannot reject the hypothesis that the patient probably reached a sterilizing cure by natural immunity.”
What bothers me is, “There is no way to ever say we have proof that there is not a single virus in this patient,” says Yu. “ How are we to ever know when a treatment has worked?
As to the other two, "Both, however, had been diagnosed with cancer...replaced their immune cells with ones from donors..." and "...They also likely continued to harbor latent reservoirs of HIV..." (past tense). Are they dead?
The best of the best, science and medicine, has a long way to go.
Around September or October next year, by my rough estimation, may just be the beginning of the final sprint to the line, or the start of the next marathon. For people who like a hard problem, this one is a beauty.
BIT Price at posting:
4.9¢ Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held
