More than half of U.S. adults are carriers of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), a virus that hibernates in the peripheral nervous system and can’t be eradicated. A Northwestern University study has ...

Previous research studies done in a lab model have demonstrated that herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) might cause Alzheimer’s. Now, a study by researchers at the University of Illinois, Chicago ...

For many years, scientists have known that the herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), which causes cold sores, can take up residence in parts of neurons in the peripheral nervous system. Stress can even ...

AURORA, Colo. (October 30, 2024) – Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), the cause of the common cold sore, can spread into the central nervous system and preferences for certain parts of the brain.

Scientists discover how herpes kidnaps protein to infect nervous system Opens a door to long-needed HSV1 and HSV2 vaccine More than half of U.S. adults are carriers of herpes HSV1 Virus can cause ...

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As many as half of Americans live with herpes simplex virus (HSV-1). Some may be asymptomatic and not know that they are infected, but others develop cold sores and blisters in and around the mouth ...

A team of researchers at Innovative Molecules GmbH, working with several other institutions in Germany, has developed a small-molecule therapy for the treatment of latent herpes simplex virus ...

Defects in a single protein involved in cell death may impair the immune system's ability to combat a herpes viral infection in the central nervous system, scientists have found in new research that ...