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OHSU Researchers Make Key Immune System Discovery
December 4, 2002 — A key discovery about the immune system's skill to fight off harmful disease-causing germs may lead to the ability to boost the immune systems of the elderly and otherwise susceptible, and offer ... > full story -
Major Herpes Vaccine Trial Launched In Women
November 22, 2002 — A pivotal efficacy trial of an experimental vaccine designed to prevent genital herpes in women began enrolling volunteers this week. The study will determine the vaccine's ability to prevent ... > full story -
Major Herpes Vaccine Trial Launched In Women
November 21, 2002 — A pivotal efficacy trial of an experimental vaccine designed to prevent genital herpes in women began enrolling volunteers this week. The study will determine the vaccine's ability to prevent ... > full story -
Firefly Light Illuminates Course Of Herpes Infection In Mice
November 5, 2002 — Researchers are using a herpes virus that produces a firefly enzyme to illuminate the virus's course of infection in mice and to help monitor the infection's response to therapy. The work is ... > full story -
Cancer Pain Control Possible With Gene Therapy
October 16, 2002 — By "programming" a herpes simplex virus to deliver a gene-mediated pain-blocking protein at the cellular level, University of Pittsburgh researchers have been able to significantly reduce ... > full story -
Genetic Findings In Monkey Herpes Virus Could Aid Research In Human Cancer
October 1, 2002 — For the first time, scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered similar gene activity profiles between a herpes virus that affects rhesus macaque monkeys and a human ... > full story -
Researchers Discover How Herpes Tricks The Immune System
August 21, 2002 — Herpes viruses enter the body and hide away in cells, often re-emerging later to cause illnesses such as shingles, genital herpes and cancer. How these viruses evade the immune system remains poorly ... > full story -
Mother's Herpes Virus Infection Associated With Schizophrenia In Her Offspring, Hopkins Researcher Finds
November 20, 2001 — Scientists at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and six other research centers have found that mothers who have had a herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection at the time of birth are more ... > full story -
NYU Researchers Have Transformed A Virus Into A Better Cancer Killer
July 16, 2001 — Scientists have found a way to greatly rev up the cancer-killing ability of a genetically engineered virus, a finding that may eventually lead to more potent anti-cancer therapies that capitalize on ... > full story -
Kissing May Spread Human Herpes Virus 8, The Cause Of Kaposi's Sarcoma, Among Men
November 9, 2000 — Most people do not think of kissing as a way of spreading serious sexually transmitted diseases. But kissing between men may be what spreads human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8), the cause of Kaposi's ... > full story
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