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General questions Nov 10, 1997 What type of organism is Aids? What type of genetic material does it carry? Why is it so difficult for your body and antibotics to fight it? Can you please describe the process of how the body fights foreign proteins and how does "Aids" interrupt this process. |
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 Dear Questioner, You need to get a good book on AIDS at the bookstore. There are many of them. In brief, AIDS is a disease syndrome characterized by the development of unusual infections or cancers not common in the population at large. AIDS is caused by HIV, a human retrovirus that is made up of two strands of RNA protein. It is difficult to fight because once inside the human cells, it incorporates right into the genes. Killing it can kill the cell and that's not so good. On top of all this, it is very productive, and some 10-100 billion viral particles are produced every day. RM | ||
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