HIV Genome And Structure

HIV Genome And Structure

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV for short, is the virus responsible for the currently incurable disease called AIDS. As with any living organism, this virus has a unique structure and scientists have been successful in uncovering its genomic sequence.      ...
How Does AIDS Kill You?

How Does AIDS Kill You?

Infection of the body with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), results in immune system suppression by attacking and damaging the CD4 cells which are a type of white blood cells that fight infections. Without proper treatment and care, HIV progresses to Acquired...
Autoimmune disease, AIDS

Autoimmune disease, AIDS

In June of 1981, in Los Angeles, California, the first case of AIDS in the United States was recorded. The failing immune systems of five previously healthy homosexual men set off an alarm in the minds of Dr. Michael Gottlieb and Dr. Wayne Shandera, who published...