An artist’s illustration of the HIV virus
In 2013, doctors delivered a lifealtering diagnosis to a woman in Argentina: she had HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Eight years later, the virus has all but disappeared from her system. In fact, stunned researchers were unable to find evidence of any HIV viral particles in her body, “despite analysis of massive numbers of cells from blood and tissues, suggesting that this patient may have naturally achieved a sterilising cure,” researchers wrote.