Biology 1001A Study Guide - Entry Inhibitor, Eukaryote, Lysis
20 Oct 2013
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Adults and children estimated to be living with hiv. Estimated number of children (<15 yrs) newly infected with hiv. The death number in decline due to advance in antiaids drugs (?) Factors that explain why no cure or universal vaccine has been developed for. After 30+ yrs still no cure or vaccine for hiv/aids. Reasons why viruses are not considered alive . Viruses do not fit on the tree of life (most) They are not life because they cannot self-produce. They need host. (but some bacteria do this too) Anti-viral therapy often has serious side effects because the virus is using the host cell machinery so we can"t really target it, can"t kill the virus, cause damages to the host cells and host tissues. Reverse transcription, using rna as a template, synthesizes dna (most virus carry their genetic information as dna)
