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A A computer rendered image of HIV which is believed to cause AIDS People infected with this virus can lose much of o their body’s defenses for for fighting off other infections Therefore HIV can be a a a a a deadly virus virus Shown in this image is is the the core of the the virus virus which looks like a a a a a cone and and the the the outer shell of the the the virus which looks like a a a a a ring or or a a a a a band around the the the core The outer shell is is really sphere-shaped but in in in this view the sphere sphere has been cut in in in front and in in in back leaving only a a a center ring The HIV Virus is is too small to to see with an ordinary light microscope This image was created by using an an electron microscope int he same way doctors do do x-ray CT scans of patients to to construct construct a a a a 3D picture This image is is among the clearest yet produced in order to construct construct 3D model Such pictures give scientists clues to to ways of attacking the virus to to prevent it from spreading in in in the body and doing its damage HIV Reconstruction 1991
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Stephan Meyers and and Janine Fron
Arthur Olson and David Goodsell The Scripps Research Institute PHSCologram: Cibachrome Kodalith Plexiglas
24 x 20 inches
HIV Reconstruction