Talk:Antiviral protein

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Antiviral proteins are very important to humans because they may be the key to curing many harmful diseases that plague the human race. These proteins are remarkable in the fact that they are the only kind that can bind to a specific virus and terminate it by keeping it from replicating. It has been found that the pokeweed plant has a certain antiviral protein that could potentially stop the HIV virus from spreading throughout the human body. It is going to take much more research, but hopefully a breakthrough will occur that will allow scientists to solve many of the unanswered questions about certain viruses. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kfranks81292 (talk • contribs) 04:45, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Hey, do you know of any other antiviral proteins or do you plan on adding more in the future? Or do you know of even human patients who have been exposed to these proteins and has cured some of the diseases mentioned in this article? Sam.Ivey (talk) 19:54, 6 December 2010 (UTC)Sam.Ivey

No, currently I do not know any other antiviral proteins, but I am sure there are more out there. I also do not know if PAP or ZAP has cured any human from any diseases listed, but hopefully with further experiments and testing, we will hear more and more about these proteins curing these diseases. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kfranks81292 (talk • contribs) 19:59, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Did you plan on researching about others and posting them? Sam.Ivey (talk) 20:05, 6 December 2010 (UTC)Sam.Ivey

If something comes up that I think deserves a section, then yes I will post it in my article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kfranks81292 (talk • contribs) 20:08, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

If a cure is found how long do you think it will take for it to become affordable for medical uses to the public? Sam.Ivey (talk) 20:11, 6 December 2010 (UTC)Sam.Ivey

Well, it would take some time to isolate the specific protein, but it would probably be around 8-12 months before a "cure" could be produced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kfranks81292 (talk • contribs) 20:13, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Wow and not to mention how long it will take to get FDA approved right? Sam.Ivey (talk) 20:27, 6 December 2010 (UTC)Sam.Ivey

Yes, that is very true, however, PAP has been approved for use in HIV patients. I have not heard anything else on if it is effective though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.165.131.44 (talk) 20:30, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

The article says that antiviral proteins act by preventing replication, but is it the only case? For example, some could block entry. Sylvwiki (talk) 19:06, 2 October 2013 (UTC)