Essays on Adenovirus

Article Analysis: Ad5 Specific

Article Analysis: Ad5 Specific Since its discovery in 1983, scientists and researchers have been working hard to neutralize the threat of HIV against humans . This advance has included many strategies. Researchers have tried counterattacking the virus while it still hibernates in monkeys, once it was concluded that is where HIV originated . Other strategies have included offsetting the virus after it becomes active in humans. Unfortunately, some of these vaccinations, such as the Ad5 vaccination, allowed the vaccine to progress further, as seen in human trials . Other vectors, such as CMV were used in order to correct Ad5, and ...

Introduction

Genes are the smallest functional units present in the human body, which controls the development and formation of the organism. These genes are present on the chromosomes as pair and are expressed when the body needs a certain protein or compound. However, at times, one or both the genes may be faulty due to mutations. This impaired gene causes the formation of a Genetic disorder. These genetic diseases were studied with the tools of biotechnology and thus developed the Gene Therapy technique (Sheridan 121). Gene therapy is a tool that uses biotechnological techniques to prevent diseases caused by defective genes. It ...

The study of viruses to understand their ability to cause disease led to a recognition by scientists that viruses could be used to transport genetic material into cells (Thomas, Ehrhardt, and Kay, 2003). Viruses are a life form that injects its own genetic material into its host cell in order to hijack the cellular protein-making functions. By injecting the host cell with its own viral genetic material, the cell no longer makes proteins for its own functions and instead makes viruses. Commonly, the production of the virus causes the host cell to die and that cell death is a part of the ...