2010-12-15, 03:12 PM
Eosian Wrote:What's the relevance of this question to anything else being discussed? :f6:
Well. If it's a common thing to happen then my point stood that he was lucky.
If it's not common, then he really was the right man for the job.
Swerve Wrote:@ Stereo: I found the answer online. Thank you for replying to my responses.
@OB3LISK: Most patients receive antiretrovirals who have HIV. HIV doesn't have virus DNA at all, but contains virus RNA and Reverse Transcriptase. After sneaking in their virus RNA into the cell, they use Reverse Transcriptase (kind of like a building tool) to use the virus RNA as a template to make virus DNA. Virus DNA is recognized by the cell and after using Integrase (integrated) to become part of the human cell DNA they are able to be constructed using the human body's natural production capabilities because they have essentially become recognized as human DNA by the internal processes in the cell. Most of the time the virus genes they integrate into the human DNA are for the creation of more viruses that enter and infect other cells by the same process.
Antiretrovirals target Reverse Transcriptase and other "building tool" enzymes that allow for HIV RNA to become DNA. This is a crucial step as our bodies would not allow integration between our DNA and a virus RNA and we have natural functions that break down RNA (RNAses). Therefore it is common for antiretrovirals to be used as they are the main drugs involved in stopping the potential spread of infection.
Oh. I see. Hmmmm I have to think about this, hold on F3.