This image provided by Tottori University; Tokyo, shows a magnified view of the AIDS virus taken by researchers of Japan's Tottori University Medical Department in December 1985.
More than 300,000 babies a year worldwide are born infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
As of this week, doctors appear to have cured exactly one.
And while the Mississippi child's story has generated excitement in the medical community, researchers also note that it will likely take years before they're able to extend that success to a broader community of patients, if ever. ...