It Has Been Difficult to Generate Drugs to Treat AIDS

question 106

Multiple Choice

It has been difficult to generate drugs to treat AIDS for which reason?

• A)HIV does not cause AIDS.
• B)HIV does not use any enzymes that can be targeted by drugs.
• C)HIV mutates rapidly.
• D)The only way to kill a virus is with a vaccine,not with drugs.
• E)People with HIV infections die rapidly,before the drugs have a chance to cure them.

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Definitions:

Noam Chomsky

An influential linguist and cognitive scientist known for his theories on generative grammar and criticism of behaviorism.

Grammar

A system of rules that produces well-formed, or “legal,” entities such as sentences of a language.

Francis Galton

A 19th-century British polymath who made significant contributions to fields such as statistics, psychology, and anthropology, and is known for his studies on heredity and human intelligence.

Inheritability

The proportion of variation among individuals in a population that is due to genetic factors.