AIDS AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is a disease caused by a virus- HIV (human immunodiciency virus). The first cases in this country came to light in the early eighties. Although the origins of AIDS remains uncertain it is thought to have emerged decades ago in sub-Saharan Africa. There is a closely related virus (simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV) that is found among monkeys in that particular area which AIDS is thought to have evolved from (…
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…antibodies to the protein but most of these antibodies weakened after a year. The results were inconclusive as to whether or not the antibodies would protect against the HIV virus (Weiss 38). Another researcher, Jonas Salk, is in the process of testing an AIDS vaccine based on a deactivated HIV virus stripped of its protein coat (Science and Society 34). Although there is a lot of ongoing research into cures for AIDS and prevention of AIDS, t