Category Archives: Focus

Take Action! Building our community together

Take Action! Is an all-new competition organised by Oogachaga to provide individuals or groups with the passion and drive for community involvement an opportunity to plan and execute their own programs for the Singapore lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning …Read & Discuss →

The Life Cycle of HIV (Final Part)

By editorial team at AIDSmeds.com Popular Lessons, HIV Life Cycle Published November 14, 2008 Step 6: Viral Assembly and Maturation The final step begins with the assembly of new virus. Long strings of proteins are cut up by a viral enzyme …Read & Discuss →

The Life Cycle of HIV (Part 5)

By editorial team at AIDSmeds.com Popular Lessons, HIV Life Cycle Published November 14, 2008 Step 4: Transcription Once HIV’s genetic material is inside the cell’s nucleus, it directs the cell to produce new HIV. The strands of viral DNA in the …Read & Discuss →

The Life Cycle of HIV (Part 4)

By editorial team at AIDSmeds.com Popular Lessons, HIV Life Cycle Published November 14, 2008 Step 3: Integration The HIV DNA is then carried to the cell’s nucleus (center), where the cell’s DNA is kept. Then, another viral enzyme called integrase hides …Read & Discuss →

The Life Cycle of HIV (Part 3)

By editorial team at AIDSmeds.com Popular Lessons, HIV Life Cycle Published November 14, 2008 Step 2: Reverse Transcription HIV’s genes are carried in two strands of RNA, while the genetic material of human cells is found in DNA. In order for …Read & Discuss →

The Life Cycle of HIV (Part 2)

By editorial team at AIDSmeds.com Popular Lessons, HIV Life Cycle Published November 14, 2008 Step 1: Binding A virus consists of an outer envelope of protein, fat and sugar wrapped around a set of genes (in the case of HIV, genetic …Read & Discuss →

The Life Cycle of HIV (Part 1)

By editorial team at AIDSmeds.com Popular Lessons, HIV Life Cycle Published November 14, 2008 Introduction In order for viruses to reproduce, they must infect a cell. Viruses are not technically alive: they are sort of like a brain with no body. …Read & Discuss →

Message of Love

EricJames Borges, 19, Leaves Behind Message of Love By Lucas Grindley News, advocate.com Published: 12 January 2012 EricJames Borges, 19, killed himself Wednesday after having endured a traumatic coming-out experience. Borges had worked for the Trevor Project, which described him …Read & Discuss →

Opportunistic Infections (4)

Published: http://www.thebody.com Preventing OIs Most of the germs that cause OIs are quite common, and you may already be carrying several of these infections. You can reduce the risk of new infections by keeping clean and avoiding known sources of the …Read & Discuss →

Opportunistic Infections (3)

Published: http://www.thebody.com What Are the Most Common OIs? In the early years of the AIDS epidemic, OIs caused a lot of sickness and deaths. Once people started taking strong antiretroviral therapy (ART), however, a lot fewer people got OIs. It’s not …Read & Discuss →