Thursday, June 15, 2006

Herpes - Infected For Life


Infected For Life
Medical News Today (press release), UK - 15 hours ago Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered part of the reason why cold sores, caused by a herpes virus, come back again

Researchers' findings from the United States and Germany advance
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release), PA - 17 hours ago Study 1: According to a study from the United States, herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) neuronal cell reactivation does not require ICP0.

Zostavax Licensed by FDA to Reduce Older Americans Risk of
Pharmaceutical Processing, NJ - Jun 12, 2006 reduce the risk of shingles (herpes zoster) for use in people 60 years of age and older. Shingles is a disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same

Research from the People's Republic of China, Australia and Japan
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release), PA - 18 hours ago "Gene therapy with nonviral vectors using the suicide gene/prodrug activating system of herpes simplex virus type-1 thymidine kinase (HSV1-TK)/ganciclovir (GCV

Herpes