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Is This The Cure For AIDS? Baby Born With HIV 'Cured' - Doctor Says Of Breakthrough

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March 3 2013, Published 7:08 p.m. ET

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A baby who was born with the AIDS virus appears to have been cured, scientists announced on Sunday.

The infant from Mississippi was given a cocktail of drugs at birth after it's mother was diagnosed with HIV while in labor.

At 18-month-old the baby, whose identity has not been revealed, was taken off the medication and now 10 months later the child has been deemed "functionally cured."

While there is no guarant