Date : Friday, 22 May 2015
Time : 00:35
Title : How HIV works
Time : 00:35
Title : How HIV works
Now that we know that HIV virions attacks the human immune system which leads to fatality, how exactly does the virion enter our immune system to weaken it? HIV virions are relatively smart leading to the complexity of how it affects the human body. The simplest way to understand the ways of the HIV virion is through a video!
Before watching the video, i have to warn that there are some really scientific names involved but it will be fun trying to understand the ways of HIV.
Additional Information: CD4 receptors are mostly found on cells like macrophages that make up our immune system.Also, this is how a mature HIV virion would look like.
Before watching the video, i have to warn that there are some really scientific names involved but it will be fun trying to understand the ways of HIV.
Additional Information: CD4 receptors are mostly found on cells like macrophages that make up our immune system.Also, this is how a mature HIV virion would look like.
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| gp120 is what the virion uses to bind to the CD4 receptors |
And finally here is the video! (not to worry we will further try to understand the process of HIV infection in the next post)