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A cancer-killing virus could soon be approved for use after shrinking tumours in a third of people with late-stage melanoma ...
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 ...
One-in-six patients treated with the modified virus as part of a clinical trial saw their tumors disappear completely.
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, ...
The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which affects almost two-thirds of the world's population and is generally ...
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) recently caused a 2-month-old girl in Pennsylvania to suffer severe hearing loss after it was passed to her in the womb. While the virus can exist in a person for life without ...
Over 800 million people have genital herpes — and in many cases the virus can flare up over a person's lifetime, causing painful symptoms. So why doesn't the world pay more attention?
The virus that causes oral herpes is present in about 67 percent of people. According to new research, oral herpes could have ties to Alzheimer's disease.
The herpes virus, which triggers cold sores, could be the cause of at least half of the cases of Alzheimer's disease, a leading expert concluded after reviewing existing data on the ...
A genetically modified herpes virus, also known as RP1, could soon be getting the green light to be approved by US and ...