Herpesvirus

  • 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
  • Gene is the First to be Linked to Herpes-Related Cold Sores
    A team of researchers from the University of Utah and the University of Massachusetts has identified the first gene associated with frequent herpes-related cold sores. The findings were published in the Dec. 1, 2011 issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Herpes ...More
    November 30, 2011
    Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
  • Study Finds Specific Gene Linked to Cold Sore Susceptibility
    Investigators have identified a human chromosome containing a specific gene associated with susceptibility to herpes simplex labialis (HSL), the common cold sore. Published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases and now available online, the study looks at how several genes ...More
    October 28, 2011
    Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
  • Say Goodbye to Cold Sores?
    Herpes infections on the lips, in the eyes or on the nose are painful, long-lasting and unpleasant. A new 3D herpes infection model brings hope: active ingredients and new treatments can be reliably tested with this model. Animal tests could soon be a thing of the past. ...More
    June 28, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Shingles May be Related to Elevated Risk of Multiple Sclerosis
    Taiwanese investigators have found that there can be a significantly higher risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) occurring in the year following a shingles, or herpes zoster, attack. The findings, which support a long-held view on how MS may develop, are published in the Journal ...More
    June 8, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Persons With Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2, but Without Symptoms, Still Shed Virus
    Persons who have tested positive for herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) but do not have symptoms or genital lesions still experience virus shedding during subclinical (without clinical manifestations) episodes, suggesting a high risk of transmission from persons with ...More
    April 12, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Link Herpes to Alzheimer's Disease
    Laboratories at the University of New Mexico (UNM), Brown University, and House Ear Institute (HEI) have developed a new technique to observe herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) infections growing inside cells. HSV1, the cause of the common cold sore, persists in a latent ...More
    April 4, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Folk Remedy Tansy May Be a Treatment for Herpes
    For centuries tansy has been used as a folk remedy, but now scientists from Britain and Spain believe the plant may have medical benefits after all, as a treatment for herpes. The team's findings, published in Phytotherapy Research, are the result of joint work between two ...More
    February 23, 2011
    Posted in News
  • New Study Alters Long-Held Beliefs About Shingles
    For decades, medical wisdom about shingles has been that it’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The commonly-held belief is that patients are protected from a recurrence of the herpes zoster virus, which causes shingles, after one episode. But according to a study published ...More
    February 1, 2011
    Posted in News
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