"An inefficient virus kills its host, a clever virus stays with it." - James Lovelock

Supplementary videos

HIV life cycle: reverse transcriptase, integrase, protease (44 MB) (HHMI) HIV diversity
HIV treatment: AZT blocks reverse transcriptase (HHMI)
HIV treatment: Ritonavir protease inhibitor (HHMI)
Endogenous retroviruses: life cycle and ancestral implications
Genetic recombination in flu virus (Note: no crossing over) (HHMI)

Extra credit readings

• Herpes Virus Used As Nanomachines For Cancer Treatment ScienceDaily ScienceDaily
• Influenza virus RNA genome Virology Blog 5/1/09
• Tending the Body's Microbial Garden New York Times 6/18/12
• RNA virus replication strategies University of South Carolina 4/26/10
• Hunting Fossil Viruses in Human DNA New York Times 1/11/10
• Endogenous retroviruses Retrovirology 10/3/06
• Engineered immune cells seem to block HIV CBS News 3/5/14

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