Janet Isawa, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Department of Biochemistry at the University of Utah in collaboration with other Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) researchers round the globe has created an interesting, educative website ‘Science of HIV’ for easy understanding of HIV infection.
HIV is the causative agent of AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), first recognized by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1981. Since its initial discovery, HIV/AIDS has risen to become a global pandemic, has caused an estimated 35 million deaths worldwide.
According to CDC, about 36.7 million people were living with HIV around the world and there were 1.8 million new cases of HIV diagnosed in 2016.
The website uses colorful animations and illustration to educate a wide range of audience about how HIV infects human body, it’s life cycle and why it is so difficult to cure the infection.
The project is funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) and was carried out as part of the CHEETAH and HIVE consortia.
Watch the life-cycle of HIV in colorful detail
Read more at Science of HIV
