Can HIV Be Cured After 25 Years?

Can HIV Be Cured After 25 Years?

By Nate ChumleyBy Nate Chumley

Background- HIV/AIDSBackground- HIV/AIDS

-HIV is also know as Human Immunodeficiency virus

-It weakens the immune system until the immune system starts failing and then it is extremely easy for the body to catch diseases. This is called AIDS: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

-HIV works by killing T cells in the body, which are antibodies that the body uses to fight off viruses, bacteria, or any other foreign invaders in the body

-HIV is also know as Human Immunodeficiency virus

-It weakens the immune system until the immune system starts failing and then it is extremely easy for the body to catch diseases. This is called AIDS: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

-HIV works by killing T cells in the body, which are antibodies that the body uses to fight off viruses, bacteria, or any other foreign invaders in the body

Highly Active Anti-retroviral Therapy: HAART

Highly Active Anti-retroviral Therapy: HAART

-HAART keep the levels of HIV down in the blood by targeting HIV replication. However, the HIV in the body comes back in full strength if the therapy is taken away. This therapy has given many affected patients longer lives.

-HAART keep the levels of HIV down in the blood by targeting HIV replication. However, the HIV in the body comes back in full strength if the therapy is taken away. This therapy has given many affected patients longer lives.

HAARTHAART

-HAART is a combination of several anti-retroviral drugs. Sometimes anti-retroviral drugs do not work because of drug resistant HIV.

- After HIV has progressed to diagnosable AIDS, the average survival time with antiretroviral therapy is estimated to be more than 5 years. Without antiretroviral therapy, someone who has AIDS usually dies within a year.

-HAART is a combination of several anti-retroviral drugs. Sometimes anti-retroviral drugs do not work because of drug resistant HIV.

- After HIV has progressed to diagnosable AIDS, the average survival time with antiretroviral therapy is estimated to be more than 5 years. Without antiretroviral therapy, someone who has AIDS usually dies within a year.

Videos of HIV Replication and HAART

Videos of HIV Replication and HAART

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9leO28ydyfU&feature=related

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9leO28ydyfU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s-FKSICsz0

Works CitedWorks Cited

-Scientific American. “25 Years Later: Can HIV be Cured?”. Scientific American. November 2008. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=can-hiv-be-cured

-Wikipedia. “HIV”. Wikimedia. December 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV

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-Scientific American. “25 Years Later: Can HIV be Cured?”. Scientific American. November 2008. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=can-hiv-be-cured

-Wikipedia. “HIV”. Wikimedia. December 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV

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