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Baby born with AIDS virus appears cured

11:06 AM, March 4, 2013

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A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who's now 2 1/2 years old and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection.

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Timothy Schacker, director of the Infectious Disease Clinic at the University of Minnesota, will join The Daily Circuit on Monday, March 4 to talk about this development.

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