News tagged with human herpes virus
Biologists learn structure, mechanism of powerful 'molecular motor' in virus
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Dec 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered the atomic structure of a powerful "molecular motor" that packages DNA into the head segment of some viruses during their assembly, an essential step in their ability ...
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Major Kaposi's sarcoma discovery announced
Apr 06, 2006 |
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Government scientists say they've found a human cell surface molecule involved with the Kaposi's sarcoma herpes virus.
Herpes: Scientists find cellular process that fights virus
Mar 23, 2009 |
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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). As reported in the advance online edition of Nature Immunology, a group of vir ...
Chicken pox vaccine reduces shingles risk in kids -- study of 172,000 kids used EHRs
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Herpes zoster, also known as shingles, is very rare among children who have been vaccinated against chicken pox, according to a Kaiser Permanente study in the December issue of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal.
OHSU finds association between Epstein-Barr virus, inflammatory diseases of the mouth
Nov 10, 2008 |
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Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's School of Dentistry have found that a significant percentage of dental patients with the inflammatory diseases irreversible pulpitis and apical periodontitis also have the ...
Shingles raises risk of stroke by 30 percent or more in adults
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Adults with shingles were about 30 percent more likely to have a stroke during a one-year follow-up than adults without shingles, in a study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Researchers identify new drug target for Kaposi's sarcoma
Jul 30, 2009 |
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UCSF researchers have identified a new potential drug target for the herpes virus that causes Kaposi's sarcoma, re-opening the possibility of using the class of drugs called protease inhibitors against the full herpes family ...
Why circumcision reduces HIV risk
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 24, 2009 |
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The decreased risk of HIV infection in circumcised men cannot be explained by a reduction in sores from conditions such as herpes, according to research published in PLoS Medicine.
Potential new herpes therapy studied
Feb 03, 2009 |
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A new therapy being developed at the University of Florida could, in time, produce another weapon for the fight against herpes.
Discovery of protein that reactivates herpes simplex virus helps solve medical mystery
Mar 27, 2009 |
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Research in PLoS Pathogens appears to solve a long standing medical mystery by identifying a viral protein, VP16, as the molecular key that prompts herpes simplex virus (HSV) to exit latency and cause recurrent disease.
Study finds genetic link to human herpes susceptibility
Jan 28, 2008 |
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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.
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