AIDS-Related Syndrome: A Short Story

Buckley, Jr., William F. "Crucial Steps in Combating the Aids Epidemic; Identify All the Carriers." New York Times: 18 March 1986.

In the 1980s, a mysterious disease began to take the lives of Americans. With the cause unknown, a fear grew among Americans. An unusually high rate of people was becoming sick with strange and rare diseases. When experimental treatments failed to work, people died. This mysterious disease is what we now know as HIV–Human Immunodeficiency Virus. In the past thirty-five years, the HIV has taken many turns in history. Although we do not hear about HIV and AIDS now, it is still a prevalent issue in the United States and in the world.

“That would be First Battalion Naval Special Weapons coming for a visit, and tomorrow Second Battalion will be arriving.”

“No, I like my father's weapons, but if they become damaged, I will certainly bring them to you for repair.”

Throwing the papers to the floor, I grew increasingly frustrated at the painfully slow process which consumed so much time and energy without yielding any information. Every hour we wasted waiting for the results, the virus killed another 10,000 people globally. I can’t help but resent the folly of the scientists of the Gilded Age who believed that genetic processors weren’t worth pursuing,

I tilted my head slightly. "I never really understood that phrase. I can assure you officer, I have nothing in my hands." I put both of my hands up to show them I was clearly empty handed.

“So, those are what they’re called?... guns… that’s a pretty suitable name for them.” Jason said.

“Sure, ah, here,” He pulled out a creased headshot from his wallet and signed it for the

Dong-Pyou Han, Ph. D, former Research Assistant Professor in the Department of biomedical services at Iowa State University of science and technology was found to be engaged in research fraud. It was found that Han falsified results to develop vaccine against human immunodeficiency virous -1 by intentionally spiking samples of rabbit sera with human antibodies. The falsification made it appear that rabbits induced antibodies that is able to neutralize a broad range of HIV-1 strains. The results were considered a breakthrough in the efforts to find an HIV vaccine. Falsified neutralization assay results were reported in laboratory meetings, in seven national and international symposia between 2010 and 2012 and in grants applications and progress

Since its discovery in 1981, the scientific community has put up with the struggle of finding a vaccine for the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, the root cause of AIDS or acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Although numerous advancements in combating the virus have helped to reverse the epidemic, there is still no known cure. However, recent studies have shown some results that may possibly be the precursors to eradicate the disease. One example would be the trials of a possible vaccine conducted on primates at both Paris-Descartes University and at the University of Chinese Medicine in Guangzhou. Along with finding a vaccine, an alternative method has been proposed in Time Magazine with altering the CCR5 gene in cells, which is

In his interview with Great Britain’s “The Sun”, Cambridge University Professor Peter Walsh stated “A bigger and more serious risk is that a group manages to harness the virus as a powder,

The unusual development of human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the 1980s concentrated an excessive amount of public eye, research studies, and program funding on the virus and its epidemic. The physicians in Los Angles, San Francisco, and New York City were one of the first physicians to see cases of HIV/AIDS. Physicians examined young male patients that had one or more of the following symptoms: serious pneumonia produced by Pneumocystis jirovecii, an uncommon cancer called Kaposi’s sarcoma, rapid weight loss, swollen lymph nodes, and loss of immune function. Finally, virologists at the Pasteur Institute in France discovered HIV. The following symptoms were a contagious infectious disease, which was later called AIDS (Cowan, 2015, p. 617).

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are complex diseases that are generally misunderstood and cast a stereotype of the people who are infected. A disease that is relatively new in comparisons to some diseases came to light as a public issue in the 1980’s and is now known around the world. HIV and AIDS attack the T-cells and CD4 cells of a person’s body which make them have symptoms similar to the flu. This disease is exactly what the name describes , an immune deficiency that lead to a lowered immune system cause a weakened body. HIV is a disease that continues to attack a person’s body and progresses until it turns in the final stage which was named AIDS. It is not a definitive progressive because not all cases of HIV will lead to AIDS, some will just maintain HIV for the rest of their life.

Hello, today we are discussing HIV and AIDS. This disease is known as a severe decline in one’s immune system resulting in a decreased ability to resist infection and malignancy. A lot of people ask what the difference between HIV and AIDS is. HIV is the virus that causes the disease AIDS. With this being said, I will now discuss some objectives that that will be covered throughout this lecture that I hope will help guide you as well as help you have a better understanding of the progression of this disease (Welcome to AIDS.gov, 2009).

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Robert Gallo in apparently independent research work both isolated the etiologic agent of AIDS and published their findings in the same issue of the Science Journal in 1983 (6,7). While the Barré-Sinoussi’s group believed lymphadenopathy-associated Virus (LAV) was the causative agent of AIDS, Gallo's group insisted on HTLV-III (human T-cell lymphotropic virus, type 3) (8). A consensus was reached in May 1986 by the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses, and the name HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) was adopted (9).