Rule #4: Use Text as Reference
Below is a sample page taken from the Study Guide.
We will begin looking at the biology of AIDS by looking at the target of HIV, the immune system.
Brief Overview Reading:
Chapter 39
Focused Reading
- pages 856 - 862
''The immune...""; stop at ''T-dependent...''
figures 39.10 and 39.11
- pages 864 - 870
''How...''; stop at ''Complement...'' including methods box
figure 39.13
- pages 873 - 875
''Immunodeficiency'' to the end of the chapter
Rule #5: Provide Study Questions
- What does the immune system do and, in general, how does it do it?
- Which arm of the immune system is more effective against protein and bacterial antigens? Which arm is more effective against viruses and tumors?
- How do viruses target specific cells? From an evolutinary perspective, explain why a cell would have a viral target (receptor) in its plasma membrane if this molecule allows the cell to be infected and killed.
- Which cell of the immune system is the primary target for HIV? What role does this cell play in immunity?
- What is CD4 and what does it do in a healthy immune system? How is this molecule related to HIV?
© Copyright 1997, Department of Biology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC 28036
Send comments, questions, and suggestions to:
macampbell@davidson.edu