Annotated Bibliography

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"The HIV Epidemic Can Be Stopped." Nature.com. July 7, 2015. Accessed September 24, 2015.
This is my original Nature article with which I will eventually construct a Scientific Issue Analysis. This article involves procedures and preventions for potentially curing the disease. I will be analyzing this article and constructing a counter argument against it.

Cummins, Nathan W., and Andrew D. Badley. "Can HIV Be Cured and Should We Try?" ProQuest. June 1, 2015. Accessed September 22, 2015.
The source describes why HIV is in fact incurable. It also states several process and methods to accelerate the process of potentially finding a cure. The sources ultimately decides that while HIV is not cured at the moment, there are several things that could be done to minimize the spread of the disease and the effects of the disease.

Hopkin, Michael. "HIV Can 'never Be Cured'" Nature.com. February 14, 2008. Accessed September 23, 2015.
As is apparent in it’s title, this article discusses how HIV will ultimately “never be cured.” The article cites that HIV infected cells will remain in the blood stream basically no matter what, most likely in the gut area. Although it ultimately comes to the conclusion that the disease is incurable, it does provide a sense of hope, as it ends with the comment by a British chief medical officer that, “There’s a push to get wider testing, and I’m personally very much in favour of it.”

Hill, Alison. "Why There's No HIV Cure Yet." PBS. August 27, 2014. Accessed September 24, 2015.
This article delves into specifically why HIV has not been cured yet. The article begins by referencing a story in which a child was falsely “cured.” The source goes over history of the treatment of the disease and explains that there is no cure now but there could be reason for hope.

"Vaccines - Why Is It so Hard to Make a Vaccine against HIV?" HIV & AIDS Information ::. Accessed September 24, 2015.
This article discusses the challenges of making a vaccine for HIV. This article argues that “the discoveries that are going to lead to a successful vaccine have not been made yet.” The article also has several details as to the issues that stand between where researchers are now and where they will need to be in order to create a vaccine.