It's interesting to see this very complex plant disease as a potential source of medicine for a very difficult human disease.

It's important to note that the apparent HIV antiviral compounds identified in the Bonn study occur within the sunflower plant, not the edible seed or oil of sunflower. However, we already know that sunflower seed and oil have proven nutritional and health benefits unrelated to the defense chemicals within the plant that it uses to defend itself against fungal diseases.

very foolish to underestimate the potential for the disease to spread.

We are concerned with protecting the American public and our agricultural industry from potential disease that birds can carry.

Medicine can only cure curable disease, and then not always

The disease is produced by influences which act similar to the healing process and the disease condition is removed through remedies which produce similar symptoms to the disease.