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aids is growing up
unleashed and preying on us
will you be the next
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The Human Condition
Dedicated to those who have contracted
the HIV virus, or those living with AIDS
I have been positive since August of 1992
I didn't think it could happen to me....dah
AIDS Lifecycle Stage 1
HIV , the virus that causes AIDS , is passed from one person to another through sex, sharing needles, or using contaminated blood products. A mother can also pass HIV to her new baby. The virus travels through the bloodstream to many different places in the body.
Images and concept by The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
and The Chedd-Angier Production Company, Watertown, MA.
AIDS: The War Within The AIDS Lifecycle
See HIV in Action
Dr. José Assouline, a neurobiologist and AIDS researcher at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, has spent several years creating this animations above. They graphically represent the life cycle of HIV-1, from the initial binding of the viral particle onto a host cell (Viral Entry), through insinuation into the host cell's nucleus to spark the formation of new viral RNA strands (Viral Gene Transfer), and finally to the creation and migration out of the cell of a new HIV particle, complete with two copies of viral RNA (Viral Exit).
The complete life cycle is shown.
A contest entry
- Haiku, Plain and Simple by Athena of Starlite.
950 points, ended May 27, 2007, 20 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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This is one disease that can be contracted mostly by promiscuous individuals, but no one is completely safe from it's nasty grasp.... We all should be of what's going on in our bodies and keep ourselves monitored by our physicians. You can never too careful. I love the picture image!!!!!!!!!!!
Great piece... Wonderful food for thought!!!!!!!!!!
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aids and hiv used to be a taboo subject, people used to think it was something to be ashamed of, i am glad that this subject is now *out in the open* its good to know that people are begining to recognise that it could affect any one of us at any given time. keep on educating people.
thank you for sharing this with us i beleive one day they will find a cure for this condition, i hope that day comes soon.
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Very Brave..
Thank you for sharing this with us.
This was short, simple and educating. thank you for using yourself to tell the world something they know, but just don;t like to admit to themselves.
God bless you and keep you strong.
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This is a plain and simple fact, my condolences, I hope you live to a heathly age. Facts and knowledge are there for a reason, all that's needed is for people to take it seriously. Thanks for sharing UNT.
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a beautiful Haiku, brevity at its best
spoken with true wisdom and courage,
thanks for reaching out to educate others.
May god bless and keep you,
Sassy
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Definitly an epidemic which needs to be kept in the forefront of peoples minds. Great Ku man.
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Spectacular Read & Tribute
to those that live with this condition. You are a brave man to tackle this head-on. I'm sure you have reach someone that needs help. I was in nurse in Little Rock, Arkansas working with many types of patients. I understand you, and your unselfish need to educated the world...Keep fighting my friend..and remember God Love you too....excellent read...novy
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