Aids Awareness Essay

Despite early failures that dismissed gene therapy as a viable means to treat disease and genetic disorder, decades of research have resulted in the development of safe and effective vectors, methods of targeting particular types of cells, and techniques to minimize and manage immune responses. In the process, scientist now know more about the disease-causing genes themselves than ever before, paving the way for the development of successful gene therapy treatments. As of now, people have been…

HIV and The Immune System By Lachlan Evans What is HIV? HIV otherwise know as human immunodeficiency virus, if this virus is left untreated it can cause the disease of aids (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). HIV is one of the many incurable diseases; this means that once you have HIV, you will have it until you die. At this moment there are no safe and effective cure for HIV. The human immune system cannot destroy it due to HIV affecting specific cells of the immune system, called CD4 cells…

The book, The Origin of AIDS, by Jacques Pepin unveiled a new perspective on the beginning of the AIDS epidemic. I really appreciated Pepin’s scientific background as an infectious disease physician, and an epidemiologist. This background allowed for me see how a medical professional of his expertise would look at the situation as a whole. A couple tactics I was not fond of, however, was the trivial information Pepin’s included throughout his book. This information did not give a deeper meaning…

foreign aid is how bad it is in providing assistance to the developing countries. The readers get to learn that foreign aid creates dependency and makes the people in the developing countries not seek employment for themselves. Thus, because they cannot seek employment, they cannot earn a respectable living. The readers do not get to learn how foreign aid assists people in the developing countries eradicate poverty and create equality. Deaton could have told the readers that foreign aid is not…

“In 2010, African American gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men represented an estimated 72% (10,600) of new infections among all African American men and 36% of an estimated 29,800 new HIV infections among all gay and bisexual men. (CDC, 2015).” To address HIV in vulnerable populations in 2006 The National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Coalition (NBGMAC) was created to advocate saving the lives of black men though research, policy, education, and training. While some people may…

before? Have you been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS? This terrible syndrome can make you feel so isolated that even your own parents shun you. Mainly passed around by doing drugs or through sex. Many famous people have been diagnosed with this disease and have died because there is no cure. HIV/AIDS is known for making people feel isolated in American society. AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. AIDS is a very serious matter and is…

The moral reform movement was a collective effort by ill-equipped parents, “settlement workers and vice reformers joined with club leaders, probation officers, social workers, and sex educators” to combat the scourge of prostitution and to bring under control the newly sexualized population of young working women in the 1900’s (Alexander, 1995, p. 41). Once the young women got a taste of freedom, they “profess utter lack of respect for their parents and contempt for their home life” and…

Fixing a Problem: AIDS The book Nine Hills to Nambonkaha covers a number of different elements that are present in Africa. It teaches the reader of what life is like in Ivory Coast; it portrays a picture far different than what we are used to as Americans. The book speaks of a resilient village called Nambonkaha; things are good in Nambonkaha, but certainly not perfect. The village is without, and therefore seeks, electricity and other basic commodities that we take for granted in the Unites…

chance to recover and become strong enough to fight of cancers and other infections. This treatment is suggested for everyone that has HIV. If it is left untreated the HIV will begin attacking the immune system and eventually will develop and turn into AIDs. Once people have contracted the disease they may experience flu-like symptoms which will result within 2-4 weeks after contracting it. Although, during this stage some may develop mild infections or chronic signs and symptoms. These…

Partners individuals become infected through sexual intercourse, sharing of needles, pregnancy, and blood transfusions (2015). It was very common to believe that a person with AIDS just becomes affected with AIDS, but in reality the person first becomes infected with the HIV virus, which then leads to the beginning of AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). According to the World Health…