herpes virus infections

Scientists find cellular process that fights Herpes virus

harminka — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:43:15 -0500

Scientists have discovered a new way for our immune system to combat the elusive virus responsible for cold sores: Type 1 herpes simplex (HSV-1).

Keeping herpes infection in check

harminka — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:20:51 -0500

Herpes simplex virus type I can cause bouts of cold sores, blindness and potentially lethal encephalitis when it reawakens from a quiescent state in the nerve cells it infects.

Scientists: herpes infection triples risk of contracting HIV

seher — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:53:46 -0600

An experiment to see if treating genital herpes with a common drug could dramatically reduce susceptibility to HIV infection failed - a shocking setback for researchers hoping to find a pill that would slow the spread of the AIDS epidemic.

Study finds genetic link to human herpes susceptibility

harminka — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:36:09 -0600

There’s a high probability that people who are prone to herpes simplex virus (HSV) outbreaks can inherit that susceptibility through their genes, University of Utah researchers report in a new study.

How herpes virus invades cells

harminka — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:28:22 -0600

University of Pennsylvania researchers have uncovered an important step in how herpes simplex virus, HSV-1, uses cooperating proteins found on its outer coat to gain entry into healthy cells and infect them. Further, the study’s authors say, they have demonstrated the effectiveness of monitoring these protein interactions using biomolecular complementation.

Herpes infection may be symbiotic

harminka — Wed, 16 May 2007 12:52:11 -0500

Mice with chronic herpes virus infections can better resist the bacterium that causes plague and a bacterium that causes one kind of food poisoning, researchers report in this week's Nature.