AIDS: AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Disease and is a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptivility to opportunistic infections. AIDS is caused by a retrovirus and is transmitted through blood or bodily fluids that can enter the body.(#34)

 

B Cells: B Cells, also called B lymphocytes, are cells that deevelop in the bone marrow and target foreign antigens by secreting antibodies and memory cells to overcome those antigens on subsequent encounters.(#35)

 

CRISPR/ Cas9: CRISPR/Cas9 is a combination of the CRISPR and Cas9 editing systems. CRISPR, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats,  is an RNA guided gene editing platform that uses Cas9, and RNA guided DNA endonuclease enzyme that memorized DNA in order to make precise, targeted changes to the genome of living cells.(#36)

 

HIV: HIV, the human immunodeficieny virus, is a variable retrovirus that invades and inactivates helper T cells of the immune system and is a cause of AIDS.(#37)

 

Lentivirus: Lentivirus is a type of human immunodeficiency virus that is a member of the gnus of retroviruses that have long incubation periods and cause fatal disease in humans and other animals.(#38)

 

Quasispecies: Quasispecias are a swarm of viruses with similar genetic structure sharing a host with other quasisecies of different genetic makeup.(#39)

 

Retrovirus: Retrovirus is any of the family of viruses that contain RNA and reverse transcriptase which can make DNA from RNA and integrate it into a host's genome. HIV is an example of a retrovirus.(#40)

 

T Cells: T Cells are a type of white blood cell produced in the thymus gland. these cells are important to the immune system because they produce cytokines, augment the B cell response and attack foreign substances such as viruses and bacteria.(#41)