Talk:Virus inactivation

About this article
This article on viral processing was created by user Evjammin as part of a WP:SUP student project on Downstream_processing at Cornell University.

This article is slated for scientific peer review by the user's classmates and instructor over the next two weeks and will be finalized (for the purposes of the class) by 15 Dec 2006.

If you would like to help, please refrain from the normal "bold editing" process until after December 15, and instead leave comments and suggestions for the author here on the talk page. Your thoughtful review will be very much appreciated!

Many thanks,

Jean Hunter, instructor, BEE 464 susato 13:50, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Reviews
Hey,

I thought the amount of info provided was quite appropriate, and as a whole the article was well written and easy to read. The only thing I would really suggest adding would be a section on the applications of viral processing. I know you mention briefly that it's used in the food and pharmaceutical industries, but one short paragraph elaborating on that would be effective, IMO. As far as minor grammar and spelling corrections, I've been using Word to insert comments, so I'll send that to you by email. Good Job!

Jhsuosu 23:54, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey Evan,

I agree with Jon, seems like you have an appropriate level of content in here. Something I'm curious about is that you say that HIV and Hepatitis viruses are an application for this, but I was curious if that is strictly for blood processing or if there are other situations where those need to be removed. Also, you talk about the removal of viruses through nanofiltration. I know viruses range in size but they still are quite small. It might be of interest to mention what kind of pore size we're looking at and even what material the filter is made of if the info is available. Overall, well done. And as you mentioned an image or two could add a little but I definitely don't think its a necessity.

Steve Lund 15:56, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

hey evan, i like how you put internal link references to other helpful websites and I thought you divided up the different components of your article well. I liked how not everything was just text but you had some bullets and things as well. maybe pics of some different viruses could add to the aesthetics but more importantly, i think your article was very well written :)

Snickerr291 20:18, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Wassup Evan, Wonderful article. I was wondering why you didn't talk about the specific properties of viruses, such as their protein coats or attached surface proteins, that are used in targeting them. An introduction or link to virus structure would be helpful, but not essential. You emphasize the HIV virus, but this will never occur in the blood of an individual with is negative for the virus. And if a person is HIV positive, then the person's blood will most likely not be purified for industry purposes. I think more common day virus particles (whatever they may be) are more appropriate as specific examples. HIV is a rare extreme.

Babusingh252 03:27, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I think it should be considered to change the term "live" and "die" in relation to viruses with other terms, like infectivity or reproducibility. It is formally not correct, since viruses are not recognized as organisms, since they can not live or reproduce outside their host. 192.124.251.129 (talk) 14:27, 26 November 2008 (UTC)