I think it's big news. (Possibly) curing HIV in one patient is better than zero patients, so it's a step forward. Given that this line of attack has been shown

I think it's big news. (Possibly) curing HIV in one patient is better than zero patients, so it's a step forward. Given that this line of attack has been shown to work, follow on research might develop something less risky like a gene therapy or something (IANAD, so what I said might sound extremely stupid to those who are).