My Research

As a student in the Philippines with limited access to information regarding radical and innovative therapies worldwide, The ElioAcademy 2022 Extended Program aided in my research specializing in the field of HIV in Molecular Medicine and Immunology. Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a disease that is characterized by the binding of CD4+ T-cell receptors to integrate itself into the host cell, thereby synthesizing continuous HIV buds in the process. In the program, I analyze, write and research various topics regarding the treatment of HIV in Molecular Medicine to further gain perspective of the unique industries in the pharmaceutical field. 

Any knowledge prior to the beginning of the 2022 ERP is based on the Genomics Medicine & Cancer Biology Program based on ElioAcademy as well. This laid the very foundations of Biomedicine and Molecular Biology, allowing the experience for added research in genetic diseases and poster making from an international perspective. 

The current research conducted during the Extended Research Program consists of the analysis of published research papers regarding the fundamentals and treatments of HIV as a whole. This added with the personal research of applications of medicine in HIV aided in developing a recent understanding of immunological diseases. Additionally, along with HIV the basis for immunology and immunopathology has been researched and thoroughly fleshed out through the website that the 2022 ERP requires to complete. Information regarding new technologies and treatments such as CAR T cell treatment in HIV and cancer in utilizing chimeric antigen receptors to eliminate cancer has also been researched during the course of the project. Furthermore, the CCR5 delta32 mutation gene’s recent discovery continued to aid in the development of the research project, detailing newer technologies that aren’t part of the traditional standard treatments.

In the modern world, scientists are able to continuously find discoveries and ground-breaking cures that have the possibility to change perceptions on diseases as we know it due to the biotechnologies and molecular medicine techniques involved from recent times.  It's easy to overlook the details of research in medical fields, however very little detail makes a significant difference in the understanding of molecular levels in the body. Therefore, this leads me to extend my research further by examining papers going by: HIV Reservoirs: What, When and How to target them, Past Present and Future: 50 years of HIV Research, HIV and the Spectrum of Human Disease. With the added publication reviews, submission of an Overview of HIV and a Poster occurred as well in order to view the various aspects of HIV and the role of immunopathology in HIV. The writing of the White Paper and Poster only further began to strengthen my knowledge in various concepts.