Herpes

  • Immune Cells That Suppress Genital Herpes Infections Identified
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington scientists have identified a class of immune cells that reside long-term in the genital skin and mucosa and are believed to be responsible for suppressing recurring outbreaks of genital herpes. These immune ...More
    2 weeks ago
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  • Study Reveals New Approach for Stopping Herpes Infections
    Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a novel strategy for preventing infections due to the highly common herpes simplex viruses, the microbes responsible for causing genital herpes (herpes simplex virus 2) and cold sores ...More
    March 25, 2013
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Discover Gene That Suppresses Herpesviruses
    Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) hide within the worldwide human population. While dormant in the vast majority of those infected, these active herpesviruses can develop into several forms of cancer. In an effort to understand and ...More
    February 13, 2013
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Identify Unexpected Bottleneck in the Spread of Herpes Simplex Virus
    New research suggests that just one or two individual herpes virus particles attack a skin cell in the first stage of an outbreak, resulting in a bottleneck in which the infection may be vulnerable to medical treatment. Unlike most viruses that spread to new cells by ...More
    November 5, 2012
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Investigate How and Why Herpes Viruses Reactivate to Cause Disease
    The mere mention of the word "herpes" usually conjures negative images and stereotypes, but most people have been infected with some form of the virus. For most, a sore appears, heals and is forgotten, although the virus remains latent just waiting for the right ...More
    October 31, 2012
    Posted in News
  • Short-Term Risk of Shingles Recurrence is Low
    People who have had an episode of herpes zoster, also known as shingles, face a relatively low short-term risk of developing shingles, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published online in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. These findings suggest ...More
    June 5, 2012
    Posted in News
  • Kaiser Permanente Study Finds No Serious Reactions to Shingles Vaccine
    The herpes zoster vaccine, also known as the shingles vaccine, is generally safe and well tolerated according to a Vaccine Safety Datalink study of 193,083 adults published online in the Journal of Internal Medicine. More than 1 million people develop shingles every year in ...More
    April 23, 2012
    Posted in News
  • New Indicator Diseases Reveal Hidden HIV
    Today, heterosexuals in Europe are at particular risk of carrying HIV for so long that they remain undiagnosed until their immune system starts to fail and they become ill. An international study under the leadership of the HIV in Europe initiative has now revealed that a ...More
    March 1, 2012
    Posted in News
  • Research Shows Progress Toward a Genital Herpes Vaccine
    Robert Belshe, MD, led national research on an investigational genital herpes vaccine, which was reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. An investigational vaccine protected some women against infection from one of the two types of herpes simplex viruses that cause ...More
    January 5, 2012
    Posted in News
  • The Private Nuclear Rooms of Herpesviruses
    Researchers from Princeton University have discovered why, despite being bombarded by many different herpesviruses, infected cells produce only a limited number of those viruses. They report their findings in the current issue of the online journal mBio. Herpes viruses are ...More
    January 4, 2012
    Posted in News
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