Rin Little said:
It says almost all viruses, that makes me curious as to which ones specifically they're anticipating it wouldn't work against and why. I'm going to assume the ones that replicate themselves so quickly that they do enough damage in such a short time that the DRACO would be largely ineffective against it.
I am guessing based on the name that this will target retroviruses, or viruses that have RNA as their genetic material. Not all viruses do have RNA so I am guessing DNA viruses will not be killed.
I can inform you that among retroviruses we have flu and HIV so if this is as good as it sounds this will eliminate the 2nd worst killer when it comes to diseases on world basis (which can in turn help reduce cases of Tuberculosis which is the 3rd worst killer).
Among those who will not be killed is the one that causes herpes, small pox and other varieties of the disease, warts (known as HPV to most) and the adenovirus genera which is the one to cause colds. So in other words we will still have some nasty viruses left, but as far as I understand, most will be covered.
OT: I am always a skeptic when it comes to these things and this one is not an exception. I can however from my educational level not see any flaws in the article. So far I've only had brief studies on molecular biology involving viruses, bacteria, cell cycles and immunology so it's difficult to tell. I will look out for more news on this matter since this comes pretty close to the subject I want to get my degree in.
