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Endogenous Retroviral Functionality: 2nd argument refuted Abigail Smith has moved to Argument #2 ERVs are functional: (This video is the second in a series.) Index of claims against ERVs: Example of Creationist ignorance: Co-opted gag proteins: HERVs: m.nih.gov
Feline Leukemia and Feline Retroviruses You might enjoy a night out listening to the latest in retro music, but your cats should avoid going retro at all costs! Retroviral diseases, such as Feline Leukemia and Feline Immunodeficiency Virus, are more common than most pet owners realize and are truly threats to your cats well-being. Fortunately, through testing protocols and lifestyle choices, owners can help keep their feline friends safe from these deadly diseases.
Retro Viral 2/6/2011 - Sinclair's Pub Thanks to RJ Nanni for shooting/editing the video for us! Most of our set, other part recorded as a separate video and will be uploaded soon Songs: "At the Library" (Green Day cover) "I Hate You for Existing" "Operation Finding Freedom (OFF)" "Nicotine" "Crystal Ball" "Pulp" "Astro Zombies" (Misfits cover) "Devil's Night" "4 Loko" "The Boy Who Hated Everything" "Skate or Die" (No Ca$h cover) New song (currently untitled)
Retroviral song For the UWO Meds 2013 bug week presentations, we decided to re-write the lyrics to "American Pie" to teach our classmates about retroviruses, in particular HIV-1 and HTLV-1.
Retrovirus Replication 3D Animation The example used is the HIV Lentivirus. This video does a great job describing "complex" retrovirus transcription in a visually appealing way that is sufficient in detail for upper level coursework and possibly graduate coursework. * Modes of action for some anti-viral drugs are also described. NOTE: The viral genome in the form of DNA stays in the cell's chromosome! This is the predominant reason for the persistence of retroviral infections.
ARV Abuse in South Africa News Report Anti Retro-Viral Drug Efavirenz abuse news piece in South Africa. A drug intended to treat HIV and AIDS is sweeping the townships of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is cheap and powerfully addictive. "It's extremely frustrating," said Dr. Njabulo Masabo, from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. "It's extremely, you know, discouraging because on one end you're trying to fight this epidemic that has ravaged the world so much ... the results are catastrophic." -ABC NIGHTLINE 4/6/09 For more information please visit: To donate for the next please visit: Follow our Twitter:
Replication Cycle of a Retrovirus from /maderbiology9
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Etienne de Harven Vienna AIDS Conference 2010 www.science-and- Vienna AIDS Conference 2010 HERVs (Human Endogenous Retroviruses) are confounding factors in HIV/AIDS research that cannot be ignored. They account for the presence of retroviral nucleoside sequences in the plasma of AIDS patients, erroneously interpreted as HIV ?viral load?. They falsify claims of innumerable ?mutations? of the hypothetical HIV. They also provide a valid explanation for the presence of EM recognizable retroviruses in the original 1983 publication from the French Institut Pasteur. Understanding the interference of HERVs in AIDS research permits to confirm that an exogenous HIV, actually, does not exist, opening the way to the development of a fully re-directed, non-retroviral AIDS research.
{II} Endogenous Retroviruses: The Three Layers of ERV Evidence for Common Ancestry First Video: The script for this video is an article I wrote for my website: ERVs: Homepage: Series References: Download zipped folder of PDFs: Anderssen, S., E. Sjøttem, G. Svineng, and T. Johansen. "Comparative ***yses of LTRs of the ERV-H Family of Primate-Specific Retrovirus-like Elements Isolated from Marmoset, African Green Monkey, and Man." Virology 234.1 (1997): 14-30. m.nih.gov Belshaw, R., V. Pereira, A. Katzourakis, G. Talbot, J. Paces, A. Burt, and M. Tristem. "Long-term reinfection of the human genome by endogenous retroviruses." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 101.14 (2004): 4894-899. www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov Boeke, JD, and JP Stoye. "Retrotransposons, endogenous retroviruses and the evolution of retroelements." (1997). In. Coffin, JM, SH Hughes, and HE Varmus. Retroviruses. New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1997. m.nih.gov Cann, Alan. "Retroviruses." MicrobiologyBytes. Web. 26 Oct. 2009. Dangel, AW, BJ Baker, AR Mendoza, and CY Yu. "Complement component C4 gene intron 9 as a phylogenetic marker for primates: long terminal repeats of the endogenous retrovirus ERV-K(C4) are a molecular clock of evolution." Immunogenetics 42.1 (1995): 41-52. m.nih.gov Hughes, JF, and JM Coffin. "Human endogenous retroviral elements as indicators of ectopic recombination events in the primate genome ...
RetroViral Village Stik Mann finds himself trapped in an alternative universe (of his own making?). See more at
Uganda's success in the fight against Aids - 12 Oct 07 As the African continent is ravaged by Aids, Uganda has been hailed as one of the few success stories in the fight against the pandemic. Until recently Ugandans relied on expensive overseas anti-retroviral drugs, but now they have their own $30m state-of-the-art drugs factory. Yvonne Ndege reports.
Jusqu'ou allons-nous? This French-speaking woman, who prefers to remain anonymous, lived in the DRC before moving to South Africa. In both places, she has had much experience with HIV, and tells the story of one close relative of hers who died of the disease.
Retrovirus reverse transcripiton This is the best animation I've found for an introduction to the mechanism of reverse transcription. Although simplistic, the message is well defined (courtesy of HHMI). As this is my current area of research, I'll try to follow with retrotransposons (when I understand them better).
Doesitaddup ERV fail *reupload from my previous channel* Unfortunately, the original video has been removed, so this is just a "preview" of how well informed user named "DoesItAddUp101" is, and how it forms his arguments. Peer-reviewed papers in this video: PLoS Biology: Retroviral DNA Integration: ASLV, HIV, and MLV Show Distinct Target Site Preferences Retroviral Integration Process in the Human Genome: Is It Really Non-Random? A New Statistical Approach m.nih.gov Integration site preferences of endogenous retroviruses. m.nih.gov (sorry; No free access for this one) Other sites: www.ornl.gov
Evolution: Genetic Evidence - Endogenous RetroVirus Evolution: Genetic Evidence - Ubiquitous Proteins Excerpt from The Cassiopeia Project; "Facts of Evolution". The Full series can be found at: (Transcript of Video Below) A third type of structure found within the genome is also direct evidence of genetic relationships. Retroviruses like HTLV1 (which causes a type of leukemia) and AIDS make a DNA copy of their own viral genome and insert it into their host's genome. If this happens inside of sperm cells or egg cells the retroviral DNA will be inherited by descendants of the host. And these copies of virus DNA are called endogenous retroviruses. In human DNA, there are about 30000 endogenous retroviruses. There are at least seven distinct instances of identical retrogene insertions shared between chimps and humans. The phylogenic tree for cats provide another example. The standard phylogenetic tree has small cats diverging later than large cats. The small cats (eg the jungle cat, European wildcat, African wildcat, blackfooted cat, and domestic cat) share a specific retroviral gene insertion. In contrast, all other carnivores which diverged earlier lack this sequence. Retrovirus Example Let's examine how Endogenous RetroViruses or ERVs would behave within a model of evolution by common descent. Suppose an ancient creature, let's call it Primus Mammalius, is the common ancestor of all modern mammals and is infected by a retrovirus that becomes endogenous. All of the Primus descendants would be ...
HIV Resistance a detailed 3d animation about hiv resistance in organism visit my website for more medical animations and their downloads:
Retro Viral's first show at Candy's Part III Retro Viral's 3rd gig Part III - "Crystal Ball". Candy's Magic Pub Shirley, NY July 22nd, 2010
Youtube Retro Viral: The California Kid and FURY A retro recap of the most charismatic backyard wrestling tag team ever. The legendary California Kid and his triumphant run with the awesome Fury. - Includes recap of all those hilarious promos they cut which got tens of thousands of views.
NephilimFree Self-Pwnage My eyeballs and brain hurt from watching 1.5 hours of NephilimFree's abject stupidity. Here are just three of the dozens of factual mistakes I picked up on. It must take a considerable amount of effort for someone to remain so ignorant of a topic. This video was thrown together quickly. I've been out of town, at a conference with actual scientists. The shock of explaining Genetics 101 to a moron was a bit harsh. If I made factual errors, feel free to correct me. Sources: 1. "The Chimp Genome Reveals a Retroviral Invasion in Primate Evolution" m.nih.gov 2. "Lineage-Specific Expansions of Retroviral Insertions within the Genomes of African Great Apes but Not Humans and Orangutans" m.nih.gov 3. Darwinian evolution in the light of genomics (good source on mobilome) m.nih.gov 4. The impact of retrotransposons on human genome evolution m.nih.gov 5. Eighty percent of proteins are different between humans and chimpanzees. homes.bio.psu.edu
Disproving evolution is supported by retroviral dna remnants This video is response to Daniel's video "RCR: ERV's Prove Nothing About Evolution." in which he tries to disprove how the concept of ERV remnants (retroviral dna markers) in our dna is proof of common descent of modern apes and humans. Now disproving is a good thing and will help science, so creationists can actually help scientific progress by actively participating in the process. His attempt failed so i thought i would give him the helping hand by showing what would be a problem for the concept, hence the title: "Disproving evolution is supported by retroviral dna remnants" For all creationists wanting to disprove scientific concepts, please make sure you actually understand it so you know what you are trying to disprove. I'm sorry to say Daniel, that incudes you. A very good video providing the concept of ERV's and why they are evidence of common descent is this one by RabidApe: It's very accessible. But there are many sources, you could also try Berkeley, Harvard, Oxford University, Smithsonian and alike a source of information. The video provided by RabidApe is an excelent start. LS I failed to mention in this quickly made vid what the second point was why i claim Daniel doesn't quite understand the concept. It part where he claims that it would be a problem for the concept if an ERV can infect multiple species (as opposed to just humans or apes). ============== = Correction = ============== Daniel did not mean the retrovirusses as being quite ...
Retrovirus Infection Assembly of the Murine Leukemia Virus Is Directed towards Sites of CellCell Contact (Creative Commons) Polarized assembly in the context of the dynamics of cell-to-cell transmission. A COS-1 cell generating MLV labeled with Gag-YFP (red) and expressing dynamin2-CFP (green) in contact with XC target cell expressing mCAT1-CFP (green) was imaged over a period of 8 h and 28 min. A z-stack of red and green images was taken every 134 s and merged into a single file to generate Video S11. Repeated rounds of establishment of contact, contact-induced virus assembly, and virus transmission are observed. The video is played at 5 frames/s.
Recombinant Retroviral Production and Infection of B Cells Watch video protocols on JoVE - . Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a scientific journal publishing video articles on biological experiments filmed at leading research institutions. JoVE is the first video journal indexed in PubMed. To see more of this protocol go to Recombinant Retroviral Production and Infection of B Cells This video protocol was filmed at Columbia University. The transgenic expression of genes in eukaryotic cells is a powerful reverse genetic approach in which a gene of interest is expressed under the control of a heterologous expression system to facilitate the ***ysis of the resulting phenotype. This approach can be used to express a gene that is not normally found in the organism, to express a mutant form of a gene product, or to over-express a dominant-negative form of the gene product. It is particularly useful in the study of the hematopoetic system, where transcriptional regulation is a major control mechanism in the development and differentiation of B cells 1, reviewed in 2-4. Mouse genetics is a powerful tool for the study of human genes and diseases. A comparative ***ysis of the mouse and human genome reveals conservation of synteny in over 90% of the genome 5. Also, much of the technology used in mouse models is applicable to the study of human genes, for example, gene disruptions and allelic replacement 6. However, the creation of a transgenic mouse requires a great deal of resources of both a financial ...
PEPFAR/Vietnam Anti-Retroviral Therapy Documentary, 02TV A video produced with PEPFAR funds on HIV treatment in Vietnam. (In Vietnamese)
XMRV talk by a TRUE retrovirologist (1 of 3) September 2010: What is XMRV?
Retro Viral Candys Pub 8/22/10
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DART Anti-retroviral Trial The largest clinical trial of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for people with HIV infection ever run in Africa has found that regular laboratory tests offer little additional clinical benefit to populations when compared to careful clinical monitoring. Medical Research Council.
Nutrition: a critical part of the care package for HIV 2.5 million people live with HIV/AIDS in India. Tamil Nadu is one of the states where HIV prevalence rates are the highest. In 2006 a pilot project integrating nutrition in comprehensive care, support and treatment of HIV infected people was launched in Tamil Nadu to improve the health status of people under anti-retroviral treatment; a partnership among the World Food Program, the Global Alliance for improved nutrition, the Tamil Nadu Aids Control Society and the Government of Tamil Nadu. 26 Anti-Retroviral Therapy Centers distributed each month Nutriplus, a nutrition powder made from wheat and full-fat soya fortified with minerals and vitamins. 15 000 patients received NutriPlus. This pilot project helped recognize that food and nutrition are critical components of the global HIV and AIDS response.
Portraits Of HIV/AIDS Patients Give Hope For Future Anti-retroviral drugs can slow down the progression or even halt the onset of AIDS in patients for many years. The impact of so-called ARVs is depicted in a new photo exhibit in Washington at the Corcoran Museum of Art. The show is on at a time when the US Congress is considering billions of dollars in funding to fight AIDS worldwide. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the photographic cooperative Magnum, which are sponsoring the event, are also pushing for the funding. And VOA's Rosanne Skirble reports organizers also say they want greater support for universal access to AIDS treatment.
{I} Endogenous Retroviruses: Life-Cycle and Ancestral Implications Second Video: The script for this video is an article I wrote for my website: ERVs: Homepage: Series References: Download zipped folder of PDFs: Anderssen, S., E. Sjøttem, G. Svineng, and T. Johansen. "Comparative ***yses of LTRs of the ERV-H Family of Primate-Specific Retrovirus-like Elements Isolated from Marmoset, African Green Monkey, and Man." Virology 234.1 (1997): 14-30. m.nih.gov Belshaw, R., V. Pereira, A. Katzourakis, G. Talbot, J. Paces, A. Burt, and M. Tristem. "Long-term reinfection of the human genome by endogenous retroviruses." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 101.14 (2004): 4894-899. www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov Boeke, JD, and JP Stoye. "Retrotransposons, endogenous retroviruses and the evolution of retroelements." (1997). In. Coffin, JM, SH Hughes, and HE Varmus. Retroviruses. New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1997. m.nih.gov Cann, Alan. "Retroviruses." MicrobiologyBytes. Web. 26 Oct. 2009. Dangel, AW, BJ Baker, AR Mendoza, and CY Yu. "Complement component C4 gene intron 9 as a phylogenetic marker for primates: long terminal repeats of the endogenous retrovirus ERV-K(C4) are a molecular clock of evolution." Immunogenetics 42.1 (1995): 41-52. m.nih.gov Hughes, JF, and JM Coffin. "Human endogenous retroviral elements as indicators of ectopic recombination events in the primate genome ...
Retroviral vaccines instead of condoms Issues discussed at the Synod of Bishops, such as the topic of healthcare in the African Continent, often draw worldwide attention. Cardinal Peter Kodowo Turkson, Archbishop of Cape Coast in Ghana and relator general of the Second Special Assembly for Africa, describes the Churchs involvement in this matter:The Catholic Church in Ghana manages 27% of all healthcare services in the country. Therefore, we are aware of the situation thanks to the testimony of the sisters and doctors who work there.In the past, the Catholic Churchs position on the fight against AIDS has led to controversy. That happened during Benedict XVIs visit to Cameroon and Angola in March 2009, and the issue is currently being discussed in Rome. The president of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of West Africa presented a unique view to H2onews:Even though AIDS is a cause of death for the [African] people, malaria is even worse. To the present day, more Africans die of malaria than of HIV, especially children. Currently, people are inclined to manufacture condoms. Why dont they also consider the possibility of investing these resources in the production of retroviral vaccines? If there are two solutions and one causes problems and disagreements, why not invest in the solution that does not cause problems? If there are resources available to invest in [condoms], why do we not invest these resources in the production of retroviral vaccines that can help the people?
UK: Blood donors with ME/CFS get life ban as virus is found Actual mention on the word XMRV/MULV not yet approved by UK government's Department of Health (DOH) for political reasons. Consequently the discovery of XMRV/MULV is refered to as 'the virus'. Why? ME/CFS is treated as a mental illness in the UK and people are told to alter their mind and alleged faulty illness beliefs with CBT and exercise. Yet since 1969, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified ME as a disease of the brain - ICD:10 - G93.3. Finding infectious Mouse AIDS has jumped species into humans and created new neuro invasive retroviral infections in ME/CFS patients (XMRV & MULV's) is not going to go down well with 60 million people in the UK, especially when 4 million healthy population find out they are also infected, there is no cure, and the infection is for life. (No exogenous retroviral infection is curable). Best to break the news gently, whilst simutaneously protecting the blood supply. Meanwhile, Medical Lawyers worldwide sense a Christmas bonus is coming and Psychiatrists plan an early retirement, en mass.
Preferential Integration of Endogenous Retroviruses Abigail Smith has moved to Argument #1 Retroviral Insertion is not Random. Common Descent is an Illusion: (This video is the first in a series.) Index of claims against ERVs: ERV connect-the-dots: m.nih.gov Two sources cited by creationists: Retroviral DNA Integration: ASLV, HIV, and MLV Show Distinct Target Site Preferences: An Ancient Retrovirus-like Element Contains Hot Spots for SINE Insertion: Diagram of HIV insertion points (Figure 1):
Cellular Reprogramming Animation Learn how scientist reprogram adult skin cell into induced pluripotent stem cell using retroviral vectors
Thai Government Plans to Screen for HIV Drug Resistance Many HIV-infected patients have adverse reactions to anti-retroviral drugs, and others fail to take the drugs properly, which means resistance to the drugs may increase. In Thailand, the government plans to provide free DNA testing to screen for adverse reactions, to help reduce the threat of resistance.
Retro Viral's first show at Candy's Part II Part II of our 3rd gig, which was our first one at Candy's Magic Pub. Shirley, NY July 22nd, 2010 "Money" - Choking Victim cover
Creationist Crap : Does Endogenous Retrovirus Prove Evolution? - ERVs - Richard Sternberg Endogenous retroviruses regulate periimplantation placental growth and differentiation Retroviral promoters in the human genome, Bioinformatics These data suggest that ERVs may regulate human transcription on a large scale. (Andrew B. Conley, Jittima Piriyapongsa and I. King Jordan, Vol. 24(14):15631567 (2008). m.nih.gov Subscribe to Science & Reason:
HIV Aids - A Trial for Life 1 of 3 - BBC Health Documentary HIV Aids - A Trial for Life 1 of 3 - BBC Health Documentary 27.11.2009 Are regular sophisticated clinical tests necessary for those on anti-retroviral drugs? A trial investigating this is coming to the end. Annie Katuregye, who was diagnosed as HIV positive in 2000, volunteered for the trial and reports on its outcome. Recorded from BBC on 21.11.2009.
Retroviral Warrior Based on a poem "HI-Me" by Brandon Lacy Campos
Facts Of Evolution: Retroviruses And Pseudogenes Science & Reason on Facebook: Facts of Evolution (Chapter 9): Retroviruses And Pseudogenes. --- Please subscribe to Science & Reason: • • • • --- EVOLUTION IS REAL SCIENCE: 1. Does The Evidence Support Evolution? 2. Vitamin C And Common Ancestry 3. Are We Descended From Viruses? 4. Does The Fossil Record Support Evolution? 5. Where Are The Transitional Forms? FACTS OF EVOLUTION: 1. Introduction 2. Universal Common Descent 3. Good Design, Bad Design 4. Speciation And Extinction 5. How Fast Is Evolution? 6. What Can Embryos Tell Us About Evolution? 7. The Molecules Of Life 8. Molecular Evolution: Genes And Proteins 9. Retroviruses And Pseudogenes --- RETROVIRUSES A retrovirus is an RNA virus that is replicated in a host cell via the enzyme reverse transcriptase to produce DNA from its RNA genome. The DNA is then incorporated into the host's genome by an integrase enzyme. The virus thereafter replicates as part of the host cell's DNA. Retroviruses are enveloped viruses that belong to the viral family Retroviridae. The virus itself stores its nucleic acid in the form of a +mRNA (including the 5'cap and 3'PolyA inside the virion) genome and serves as a means of delivery of that ...
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