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• Schizophrenia
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  Virus and Genes Involved in Causation of Schizophrenia

  March 8, 2013 — For the first time, researchers have found that a combination of a particular virus in the mother and a specific gene variant in the child increases the risk of the child developing ... > full story
• Crohn's Disease
  Viruses
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  Herpes
  Arthritis
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  Use of Certain Therapies for Inflammatory Diseases Does Not Appear to Increase Risk of Shingles

  March 5, 2013 — Although patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a disproportionately higher incidence of herpes zoster (shingles), an analysis that included nearly 60,000 patients with RA and other ... > full story
• Vaccines
  Depression
  Mental Health
  Mental Health Research
  Immune System
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  Study Suggests Link Between Untreated Depression and Response to Shingles Vaccine

  February 14, 2013 — Results from a new study suggest a link between untreated depression in older adults and decreased effectiveness of the herpes zoster, or shingles, vaccine. Older adults are known to be at risk for ... > full story
• Breast Cancer
  Cancer
  Viruses
  Ovarian Cancer
  Virology
  Herpes
   
  

  Engineered Oncolytic Herpes Virus Inhibits Ovarian and Breast Cancer Metastases

  February 1, 2013 — A genetically reprogrammed Herpes simplex virus (HSV) can cure metastatic diffusion of human cancer cells in the abdomen of laboratory mice, according to a new ... > full story
• Immune System
  Brain Tumor
  Lymphoma
  Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  STD
   
  

  Brain Displays an Intrinsic Mechanism for Fighting Infection

  December 10, 2012 — White blood cells have long reigned as the heroes of the immune system. When an infection strikes, the cells, produced in bone marrow, race through the blood to fight off the pathogen. But new ... > full story
• Brain Tumor
  Cancer
  Immune System
  Lymphoma
  Ovarian Cancer
  Prostate Cancer
   

  Patient's Own Immune Cells May Blunt Viral Therapy for Brain Cancer

  November 25, 2012 — Doctors now use cancer-killing viruses to treat some patients with lethal, fast-growing brain tumors. Clinical trials show that these therapeutic viruses are safe but less effective than expected. A ... > full story

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  • Research Shows Immune System Response Is Detrimental to Novel Brain Cancer Therapy
• Viruses
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  HIV and AIDS
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  Unexpected Bottleneck Identified in Spread of Herpes Simplex Virus

  November 5, 2012 — 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 ... > full story
• Viruses
  Virology
  Herpes
  HIV and AIDS
  Infectious Diseases
  Microbes and More
   

  How and Why Herpes Viruses Reactivate to Cause Disease

  October 31, 2012 — The word "herpes" conjures negative stereotypes, but most people are infected with some form of the virus. After a flare-up, the virus usually remains latent until the right circumstances to return. ... > full story
• Cancer
  HIV and AIDS
  Diseases and Conditions
  Pharmacology
  Infectious Diseases
  Bladder Cancer
   

  Sugar-Free Approach to Treating Kaposi Sarcoma

  October 1, 2012 — A sugar-loving protein drives the growth of Kaposi sarcoma tumors, according to a new study. Interfering with these sugary interactions inhibited growth of Kaposi sarcomas in mice, hinting at the ... > full story
• Herpes
  Diseases and Conditions
  Ovarian Cancer
  Breast Cancer
  Colon Cancer
  Lung Cancer
   

  No Increased Risk of Cancer for People With Shingles, New Study Finds

  September 17, 2012 — Herpes zoster, or shingles, does not increase the risk of cancer in the general population, according to a new ... > full story

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