AIDS :: Free AIDS Essays

Michelle Lee Pelletier & Sarah SmithDecember, 16, 1998Mr. MarquisHonors Chemistry                         AidsA.I.D.S is an epiphytotic of the nineties. T here(predicate) are over one million people septic with the HIV in the United States, and over 250,000 cases of Aids. The World Health placement estimates that there are between five and ten million septic with the H.I.V virus. This number is rising steadily. A.I.D.S is the end result of H.I.V, and to this day there is no redress. H.I.V was detect in 1981, but not until 1984 was it proven to be the curtilage of A.I.D.S. Since then the definition of A.I.D.S. has changed many times, and will no doubt clench changing. And as people learn more ab tabu it, they seek out a cure. Scientist have been working hard on a cure for more than a decade. They have come up with many pad of paper "cocktails" or other forms of medi cations, but so far the cure is politic far away. People with A.I.D.S/HIV are running out of time, even so it seems that there is sadly till a lot of ignorance and mis instinct of the disease, and without understanding a cure is pushed farther away. Stealing a chance of endurance from other person. The myths and truths need to be sorted out, a cure must be found, and the disease itself must be contained.The HIV virus was discovered in 1981. Compared to many other diseases that have had a relatively extensive impact on mankind, it is relatively new. Cancers and so forth have been here since man. HIV was not connected to Aids, or proven to be the energize until 1984. Since The discovery it has gone through many changes, and many names. HIV was officially known as Lymphadenopathy-associated virus (lAV), Human T-Cell lymotropic virus type threesome (HTLV III). It is relatively new, which means that both AIDS and HIV are subjected to a great deal change through the new few deca des, we may know a significant amount about it at this time, but new education is learned everyday. The information behind the cause of Aids is inconclusive. Though it has been tell the first case from a monkey in Africa, this may not be the story, but man did get the virus from monkeys. How they got it from the monkey is another thing. Perhaps the "monkey" (which is immune to the virus, which is believed to be because the monkey doesnt have co-receptors on its white blood cells) had bleeding gums or had a higher heart of HIV in its blood system.