In a recent study published in the Virology Journal, a group of researchers evaluated the antiviral efficacy and therapeutic potential of harmol in treating herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) induced ...

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Findings from a new study conducted by a team of researchers at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and Thayer School of Engineering and published in Cell Reports Medicine offer new insights into ...

Cold sores are common infections in children. They’re also called fever blisters, oral herpes, or herpes labialis. Despite their name, cold sores don’t have anything to do with colds. Cold sores are ...

Medical researchers found a new way genetics influences the body's antiviral response by studying a life-threatening disease caused by a common virus: herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1). A collaboration ...

A class of antivirals called Pin1 inhibitors could reduce or stop outbreaks of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), the common infection behind oral herpes, according to new research published in Antiviral ...

Sometimes people will have triggers that are personal to them, says Adigun. “For example, spicy foods may be a trigger for someone. But more than likely spicy foods may be just for them, whereas we ...

Herpesviruses use DNA as their genetic material. They don’t cause lupus, but lupus can increase your overall chance of infection. Lupus is an autoimmune condition, which means that it affects your ...

The FDA granted the first drug approval for dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB), a topical gene therapy that treats the blistering wounds it causes, the agency announced Friday. The herpes-simplex ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Please write about shingles. I am a 77-year-old woman who’s been married for 30 years, and I have shingles on my face and head. I am being treated with acyclovir. I have no idea what ...