Tag - herpesvirus

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Herpes’ Achilles’ Heel

In a first, scientists use gene editing to disrupt both latent and active herpesvirus in human cells The herpes simplex virus, commonly known as the cold sore virus, is a devious microbe. It enters the body through...

19 December, 2023

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Novel multi-epitope subunit vaccine induces robust immune response against Epstein-Barr virus

Scientists from Australia and the USA have developed a lymph node-targeted multi-epitope subunit vaccine that induces strong humoral and cellular immune responses against Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in mice. The study is...

21 August, 2023

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NIH researchers make progress toward Epstein-Barr virus vaccine

A research team led by scientists from NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has determined how several antibodies induced by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a herpesvirus that causes infectious...

10 April, 2019

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