Scientists have hijacked the herpes virus and turned it into a cancer-busting ally. A decade after the United States Food and ...

Scientists are developing all sorts of potential new treatments to tackle the most difficult cancer cases—including some that ...

A cancer-killing virus could soon be approved for use after shrinking tumours in a third of people with late-stage melanoma ...

The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which affects almost two‑thirds of the world's population and is generally ...

One-in-six patients treated with the modified virus as part of a clinical trial saw their tumors disappear completely.

A cold sore might seem like a minor nuisance. But behind that tingling lip is one of the world’s most widespread and cunning viruses—herpes simplex virus type 1, or HSV-1. It infects billions of ...

University of Southern California researchers have found a way to rebrand this oft-embarrassing sore subject by genetically modifying HSV-1 and administering it to patients with treatment-resistant, ...

Conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eye, is a contagious infection causing redness, itching, and discharge. Viral, ...

IT IS now widely accepted that most adults are latently infected with the virus of herpes simplex.1 , 2 This latent infection may be activated by a large number of apparently dissimilar stimuli suc ...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

Simone Cristicchi cancels the concert scheduled for July 12 at Forte di Bard in Valle d'Aosta: "It is with great regret that ...

This study has shown that HSV-1 is an "opportunistic interior designer" of human cells. | Genetics And Genomics ...