Chapter 27, Problem 19TYK

Summary Introduction

To design: An ethical and an effective experiment for testing the vaccine developed against AIDS.

Introduction:

AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. It is caused by HIV (human immune deficiency virus). It attacks the Thelper cells which are the immune cells that bring the information about the invasion of any organism in our body. They also form a memory of the attacking sites or the epitopes of the invading organism and thereby save us from the attack of various harmful organisms. HIV is a retro-virus that containsRNA as their nucleic acid in place of DNA.