The Corner (Episode 1) Gary’s Blues
The Corner (Episode 1) Gary’s Blues – (Part 1 of 6) This is a masterfully scripted, real-life drama styled documentary film series directed by Charles S. Dutton about the inner city drug culture in Baltimore, Maryland. The drama centers around the triumphs and tragedy of a Black family. Presented by Home Box Office in 2000.
US HIV baby 'cured' by early drug treatment
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A baby girl in the US born with HIV appears to have been cured after very early treatment with standard drug therapy, doctors say. The Mississippi child is now … Dr Deborah Persaud, a virologist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, presented the …
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Aids Baby 'Cured': Mississippi Child Has No Sign Of Infection After Two Years
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Dr. Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins' Children's Center in Baltimore. There is no guarantee the child will remain healthy, although sophisticated testing uncovered just traces of the virus's genetic material still lingering. This is only the world's …
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US scientists 'cure' newborn baby of AIDS
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… anti-viral drugs was key to the outcome. A "functional cure" is when the presence of the virus is so small, life-long treatment is not necessary and standard clinical tests cannot detect the virus in the blood. … Gay, a pediatric HIV specialist …
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Mississippi doctors report first cure of HIV in a child
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"I'm sort of holding my breath that this child's virus doesn't come back in the future," says Hannah Gay, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, who treated the child, a 2½-year-old Mississippi girl. "I'm …
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