Guyanese :Dr.Deborah Persaud !

A baby girl in the US born with HIV :

appears to have been cured after very early treatment with standard drug therapy, doctors say.

Dr Deborah Persaud....a virologist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore :

presented the findings at the :

Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Atlanta.

"This is a proof of concept that HIV can be potentially curable in infants,".. she said.  :-*

"Prompt antiviral therapy in newborns that begins within days of exposure may help infants

clear the virus and achieve long-term remission without lifelong treatment

by preventing such viral hideouts from forming in the first place," ....Persaud said.

www.cnn.com/2013/03/03/health/hiv-toddler-cured/index.html

just read that on FB!!

www.hopkinsmedicine.org/dome/0505/feature4.cfm  

                               

Deborah Persaud was summoned to a meeting by her division head. What to do? It was her day to pick up the kids at day care.

She called her husband; he agreed to switch with her. 

At the appointed hour, believing she was headed for yet another discussion on space or money, dressed in a tired lab coat, Persaud headed for the conference room.

A festive celebration was under way.

Everyone she knew was there: her colleagues, her mentors, her department and division chairmen—

even her husband and three young children.........hahahahah....good job , hubby !  ::LOL::

                                   

way to go