Lin states that traditional medicines cannot treat this viral blight, but satellite nucleic acids, which attach themselves to the virus, can actually obstruct virus replication, providing hope for prevention and treatment of this disease. Although there are still many riddles waiting to be tackled, this new discovery is the focus of Lin's research into treating bamboo.
林納生指出，由於病毒的病害無法用藥劑防治，而亦步亦趨附身其上的衛星核酸竟然可以干擾病毒複製，此一新發現提供了防治病毒病害的曙光，只是其中仍有諸多謎題待探究，而這也將是林納生未來「治竹」的研究重點和挑戰。