Around 370,000 babies are born every year in the world with the AIDS virus in their body because their mothers are carriers of the virus. Today, we know that it is possible to avoid this infection thanks to retroviral treatments applied before and after the baby is born.
Recently the news of a new treatment against AIDS that could give good results in newborns.
Almost a year ago, we met the case of Mississippi's baby who was cured of AIDS after being born with him because she was infected by her mother during pregnancy.
Well, not long ago an experiment has come to light, only part of the results are known. And it is that three babies have been cured after having received an antiviral treatment.
We only know that four infants infected with HIV participated in the experiment, who were given an experimental treatment within a few hours of being born and who managed to eliminate the virus from the organism of three of them and minimize the presence in the fourth baby . For the moment we know little more and it is expected that the complete results will be presented in the annual conference against AIDS and that will be held this next July 20 in Melbourne.
According to Professor Sharon Lewin, it is not yet known if the cure has been total, so far the antivirals have been removed to check if the virus appears again or not. He also comments that it is important to keep in mind that the best way to prevent babies from becoming infected with the virus is to treat their mothers against it and they are making efforts.
There is no doubt that it is good news that brings us a small ray of hope for this plague of our era. In 2010, the UN said it hoped to get a generation of children free of the AIDS virus by 2015, although it is possible that they were too optimistic, I do not think it is an impossible goal for the coming years.
Is it possible to get a way to kill AIDS soon?
