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by pinkyand 4247 days ago
Another sensational title. We have many "virological penicilins". We call them anti-retrovirals. We even got some for influenza(Oseltamivir ). The only difference is that this is "natural" ,which appears to matter to some people.

But it's a good discovery, another drug is always useful.

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Sorry to nitpick, but just a minor correction - in general the class of drugs are antivirals, of which antiretrovirals are a subcategory for dealing with retroviruses, most notably HIV.