http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2013/02/27/seeing_through_hivs_disguises.html
I read the article, “Seeing through
HIV’s disguises”. It was very interesting;
it is about how the Scientists from Johns Hopkins have studied the infectious
HIV subtype. The article goes into details about how researchers can use tools
to come up with treatments and strategies to fight HIV. In the article it
mentions that the virus will choose certain proteins to infect so that it can
survive longer, because those proteins would have been the resistance.
Scientists hope to combat the disease with specific proteins that kill the
virus, but there are so many proteins that, “[it Leaves] too many targets for
researchers and drug companies to chase after.” Said David Graham. But
fortunately the new research narrows the, “pool” to a smaller number. This
discovery is very helpful and caused them to find that 25 of 279 of the
proteins shared the two cell types of cells compatible. And later a research
team found that CD44 is the only one of those 25 that can bind to other cells.
This discovery is very interesting
and helpful to the world of medicine.
Because of this discovery they can now apply new medicines to patients
with HIV. The article is not as applicable since Biology is over, but it is
pretty recent.
The article was an interesting read
but I feel like it was lacking. There was no hook at the beginning; I didn’t
feel at all compelled to the story until they specified the significance half
way through the article. But I do think the way the information was told was
well done, and kept me engaged.
