HIV LIFE CYCLE || Stages || Stage 4 || Integration || Biology|| MDCAT || 2025

HIV Life Cycle: Stage 4 – Integration | How HIV Hijacks DNA
📌 About This Video
In this video, we explore Stage 4 of the HIV Life Cycle – Integration, a crucial step where the HIV virus permanently inserts its DNA into the host cell's genetic material. This process is facilitated by the enzyme integrase, making the infection long-term and difficult to eliminate. Understanding this step is essential in the development of HIV treatments, especially integrase inhibitors.

🔬 Topics Covered
✅ Overview of the HIV life cycle
✅ What is integration, and why is it important?
✅ Role of integrase enzyme in inserting viral DNA into host DNA
✅ How this stage makes HIV a lifelong infection
✅ The impact of integration on immune cells
✅ How integrase inhibitors help block HIV replication
✅ Advances in HIV treatment and research

🎯 Who Should Watch?
✔️ Students & medical professionals studying virology
✔️ Anyone interested in understanding HIV infection
✔️ Researchers & healthcare professionals
✔️ Those looking for information on HIV treatment & prevention

🔗 Related Videos & Resources
📌 [HIV Life Cycle – Stage 1: Binding & Entry]
📌 [HIV Life Cycle – Stage 2: Fusion]
📌 [HIV Life Cycle – Stage 3: Reverse Transcription]