I think these guys are jumping the gun a bit by proclaiming "possible cure" right now. The test tube stage is still way too early to tell whether the compounds will work in animals or humans. Medical science is littered with many such pronouncements of possible cures for many diseases that worked in the test tube, but just did not pan out for one reason or another.
What raises a red flag for me is that they haven't published these results yet in scientific journals. (Though I think I did find a related paper about anti-microbial peptides derived from amphibian skin, that did show anti-HIV activity. One of the authors of the paper is mentioned in this article.) Not to burst the bubble, but it's just still way too early to tell. I guess I'm just not a fan of raising false hope.
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I think these guys are jumping the gun a bit by proclaiming "possible cure" right now. The test tube stage is still way too early to tell whether the compounds will work in animals or humans. Medical science is littered with many such pronouncements of possible cures for many diseases that worked in the test tube, but just did not pan out for one reason or another.
What raises a red flag for me is that they haven't published these results yet in scientific journals. (Though I think I did find a related paper about anti-microbial peptides derived from amphibian skin, that did show anti-HIV activity. One of the authors of the paper is mentioned in this article.) Not to burst the bubble, but it's just still way too early to tell. I guess I'm just not a fan of raising false hope.