Neuroscience
Faulty brain circuits arise from abnormal fusion
A discovery that could rewrite the textbooks on neurons could also help us understand the basis of some neurological diseases.
Aug 24, 2020
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News tagged with herpes virus
Oncology & Cancer
Cancer patients may face greater risk of shingles
(HealthDay)—Newly diagnosed cancer patients may be at increased risk for the painful skin condition shingles, a new study finds.
Jan 9, 2019
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Medical research
Cold sore linked to mutation in gene, study suggests
Why some people are troubled by cold sores while others are not has finally been explained by scientists.
Sep 16, 2013
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Medical research
Study finds enzyme inhibitors suppress herpes simplex virus replication
Saint Louis University research findings published in the December issue of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy report a family of molecules known as nucleotidyltransferase superfamily (NTS) enzyme inhibitors are promising ...
Dec 18, 2014
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Medications
UQ start-up research offers hope for herpes sufferers
A University of Queensland (UQ) start-up company, Coridon Pty Ltd, established to commercialise Professor Ian Frazer's work in developing next generation DNA vaccines, has successfully completed pre-clinical efficacy testing ...
Oct 24, 2011
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Immunology
Fighting parasitic infection inadvertently unleashes dormant virus
Signals from the immune system that help repel a common parasite inadvertently can cause a dormant viral infection to become active again, a new study shows.
Jun 26, 2014
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Medical research
Pressurized virus blasts its infectious DNA into human cells
The virus that causes those painful lip blisters known as cold sores has an internal pressure eight times higher than a car tire, and uses it to literally blast its infectious DNA into human cells, scientists are reporting ...
Jul 24, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The chickenpox virus has a fascinating evolutionary history that continues to affect peoples' health today
In July 2021, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presentation obtained by the press noted that the delta variant of COVID-19 "is as transmissible as chickenpox."
Nov 11, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
Double duty: Anti-HIV topical gel also protects against herpes virus
HIV infection is commonly associated with other sexual infections, such as herpes simplex virus (HSV). Infection with HSV facilitates the risk of HIV infection and negatively impacts the clinical course of HIV disease. Therefore, ...
Oct 19, 2011
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Medical research
Biophysicist obtains first experimental evidence of pressure inside the herpes virus
Herpes viruses are like tiny powder kegs waiting to explode. For more than 20 years scientists suspected that herpes viruses were packaged so full of genetic material that they built up an internal pressure so strong it could ...
Jul 24, 2013
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