KP Ramirez Week 3
What do i know about the HIV virus?
In Class Activity
- I know that HIV is a precursor to AIDS which is an immune disorder. It's transferred through blood and seminal fluids and considered a global pandemic. Aside from this very basic information there isn't much more that I know directly about the virus. I am unsure if there are variations in strains of HIV, as well as the difference between those who have been living with the virus for many years, versus those who only lasted a brief period of time.
Questions
- Has there been any major developments in finding a cure for HIV?
- How do some individuals living with HIV delay the onset of AIDS?
- How many strains of HIV are there?
Assignment
I worked through the Bioinformatics for dummies book and immediately noticed several differences. The book itself begins with a brief introduction to the PubMED database including how to begin a query. The screen shots featured in the book were out of date, this is common as one aspect of Bioinformatics is the constantly evolving interface of databases. Secondly I ran through the sample queries it asks in the book, namely the search of the name Abergel and dUTPase together. In the book it cites that this will provide only one result which would in turn present the full abstract right away, however, since the publication there now yields two results.
Searches
I began searching PubMed and used the keywords Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1, after looking through the results I decided on the following paper after reading through the abstract.
In Class Assignment
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