Mary , one of the first to investigate AIDS , treated patients from 1981 - 1995 . She has seen the treatment of HIV as a death sentence to people living with HIV . Mary : Being cured of HIV infection is great news , but infant did n't have to be infected . She says anti - retroviral drugs can easily prevent transmission from mother to child .
Mary Guinan one of the first to investigate AIDS , treated patients from 1981-1998 . She has seen the progress of AIDS as a death sentence to people living with HIV . Guinan : Baby cured of HIV infection is great news , but infant did n't have to be infected . She says anti-retroviral drugs can easily prevent transmission from mother to child .