Herpes News
December 20, 2024
Top Headlines
Aug. 14, 2024 — This new study found that an episode of shingles is associated with about a 20 percent higher long-term risk of subjective cognitive ...
Aug. 5, 2024 — A previously unknown defence mechanism in the brain prevents herpesvirus from infecting the brain's nerve ...
Feb. 28, 2024 — The eyes have been called the window to the brain. It turns out they also serve as an immunological barrier that protects the organ from pathogens and even tumors, researchers have found. In a new study, researchers showed that vaccines injected ...
Sep. 7, 2023 — Herpes is not only unpleasant but it can, in some cases, also have dangerous complications and life-threatening consequences. A research team has now introduced a completely new approach for treating herpes. Their method is based on the inhibition ...
Latest Headlines
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Feb. 14, 2024 — People who have had the herpes virus at some point in their lives are twice as likely to develop dementia compared to those who have never been infected. A new study confirms previous research on ...
June 22, 2023 — The herpes simplex virus-1 can sometimes cause a dangerous brain infection. Combining an anti-inflammatory and an antiviral could help in these cases, report ...
May 1, 2023 — A new study on herpes infections of the eye helps shed light on the question of viral reinfections by identifying a key protein involved in viral ...
Apr. 20, 2023 — A new study found that signs of common infections in a sample of middle-aged and older adults were associated with poorer performance on a test of ...
Mar. 14, 2023 — Atopic dermatitis skin lesions and the lesions produced by infectious complications of the disease look so similar that it makes it impossible for ...
Nov. 30, 2022 — Medical researchers found a new way genetics influences the body's antiviral response by studying a life-threatening disease caused by a common ...
Nov. 18, 2022 — Rutgers scientists have developed a new approach to stopping viral infections: a so-called live-attenuated, replication-defective DNA virus vaccine that uses a compound known as centanamycin to ...
Nov. 4, 2022 — Researchers have identified the specific mutations in the monkeypox virus that contribute to its continued infectiousness. The findings could lead to ...
Sep. 15, 2022 — Cow mucus provides the basis for a synthetic prophylactic gel developed to protect against HIV and herpes transmission. The lubricating gel proved 70 ...
July 29, 2022 — Two common viruses lie dormant in neurons -- herpes simplex virus (HSV), and varicella zoster virus (VZV). Lab models of the human brain show that activation or re-infection of VZV can trigger ...
Earlier Headlines
Nov. 7, 2022 — Investigators analyzed longitudinal samples of cervical and serum biomarker levels for immune activation, before and after subjects acquired HSV-2. They found that altered levels of specific ...
May 25, 2022 — The cornea -- the transparent protective outer layer of the eye critical to helping us see -- produces a delicate and limited immune response to fight infections without damaging our vision, ...
May 4, 2022 — Dormant herpesviruses induce their reactivation via a previously unknown cellular mechanism mediated by a viral ...
Jan. 25, 2022 — A new study has opened the door to a new approach to attacking herpesviruses. The study demonstrated that targeting 2 metal ion-dependent enzymes of human herpesviruses with 2 compounds, AK-157 and ...
Jan. 5, 2022 — Researchers have discovered details of how proteins produced by oral epithelial cells protect humans against viruses entering the body through the mouth. They also found that oral bacteria can ...