I don't know if it is a scam, but as an immunologist, the language is very suspicious. There are two statements made in the ad that are biologically incorrect:
1) That Acyclovir kills HSV host DNA.
2) That killing all of the awakened virus destroys the virus permanently.
Neither of the above statements are true. Acyclovir is a Thymidine Kinase inhibitor. This is an enzyme that is produced only when the viral DNA in the host cells (typically the dorsal root ganglion) is MAKING virus. The Viral DNA is like a factory, and the virus is the product. If the factory is not destroyed, new virus will continue to be produced. This is the problem with Herpes in that Acyclovir can kill active virus and slow production, but it does not affect the factory in any way. Therefore Alyclovir does NOT destroy "factory" viral DNA for the simple reason that this DNA is integrated into human DNA as part of the entire strand and the drug cannot distinguish these sequences from human. For this reason, if millions of virions are produced, and all are killed, the factory remains to reproduce them again at a later date. The only way to eradicate the disease is to kill the host cells or to invent a drug that can splice out the viral DNA sequence, re-splice the human DNA to it's original form, and target the Herpes DNA for destruction. This is not as far-fetched as it sounds, but this feat is yet to be accomplished.
1) That Acyclovir kills HSV host DNA.
2) That killing all of the awakened virus destroys the virus permanently.
Neither of the above statements are true. Acyclovir is a Thymidine Kinase inhibitor. This is an enzyme that is produced only when the viral DNA in the host cells (typically the dorsal root ganglion) is MAKING virus. The Viral DNA is like a factory, and the virus is the product. If the factory is not destroyed, new virus will continue to be produced. This is the problem with Herpes in that Acyclovir can kill active virus and slow production, but it does not affect the factory in any way. Therefore Alyclovir does NOT destroy "factory" viral DNA for the simple reason that this DNA is integrated into human DNA as part of the entire strand and the drug cannot distinguish these sequences from human. For this reason, if millions of virions are produced, and all are killed, the factory remains to reproduce them again at a later date. The only way to eradicate the disease is to kill the host cells or to invent a drug that can splice out the viral DNA sequence, re-splice the human DNA to it's original form, and target the Herpes DNA for destruction. This is not as far-fetched as it sounds, but this feat is yet to be accomplished.
