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Second HIV patient cured in major AIDS breakthrough

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HIV Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic

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An HIV-positive man in Britain has been cleared of the AIDS virus, making him only the second known adult worldwide to be free of the disease that has killed about 35-million people so far. An Australian medical expert is viewing this as a proof that scientists will one day be able to end AIDS, but says it does not mean a cure for H-I-V has been found.

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An HIV-positive man in Britain has been cleared of the AIDS virus, making him only the second known adult worldwide to be free of the disease that has killed about 35-million people so far. An Australian medical expert is viewing this as a proof that scientists will one day be able to end AIDS, but says it does not mean a cure for H-I-V has been found.

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