Whatever happened to ... the race to cure HIV? There's promising news

An HIV-infected H9 T cell, as seen by a scanning electromicrograph. In a landmark first for the continent hardest hit by HIV, a new clinical trial in South Africa has delivered a rare but extraordinary outcome: One young woman may be cured of the virus.

At the International AIDS Society meeting this year, a young woman from South Africa spoke. She is the first Black woman from Africa to be potentially cured of HIV.

(Image credit: Image Point FR/NIH/NIAID/BSIP)