herpes virus

y Reagan Cotton, Montana State University edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes HaCaT-HSV produces more viral proteins early in infection. Credit: Journal of Virology (2025). DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00829-25 Matthew Taylor likened his recently published work alongside doctoral student Gary Dunn to kicking over a rock. Once the discovery was made, it was time to see what lay […]

Reports and Proceedings Abo Akademi University image: In her doctoral dissertation, PhD Fanny Frejborg has investigated how removing a virulence gene from the herpes virus can instead allow the virus to be used as a cancer vaccine. view more   Credit: Fanny Frejborg New Herpes Virus–Based Vaccine Could Cure Cancer in the Future Without Side Effects The Herpes simplex virus

by University of Pittsburgh edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan   Cytomegalovirus. Credit: CDC/Dr. Edwin P. Ewing, Jr. (PHIL #958), 1982. New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and La Jolla Institute for Immunology, published today in Nature Microbiology, reveals an opportunity for developing a therapy against cytomegalovirus (CMV), the leading infectious cause of birth defects

by Center for Genomic Regulation edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan   Human DNA in its natural state inside cells (left) compared to eight hours after being infected with HSV-1 (right). The virus compacts the human genome’s size significantly and moves it towards the edge of the nucleus, freeing up space for the virus to set