University of Southern California researchers have found a way to rebrand this oft-embarrassing sore subject by genetically ...

Scientists are developing all sorts of potential new treatments to tackle the most difficult cancer cases—including some that ...

A new study finds that prior herpesvirus infections are linked to a faster age-related increase in blood biomarkers ...

A cancer-killing virus could soon be approved for use after shrinking tumours in a third of people with late-stage melanoma ...

Findings from a recent study suggest that the herpes virus can be modified into an effective treatment for some types of advanced melanoma. Conducte ...

One-in-six patients treated with the modified virus as part of a clinical trial saw their tumors disappear completely.

A cold sore might seem like a minor nuisance. But behind that tingling lip is one of the world’s most widespread and cunning viruses—herpes simplex virus type 1, or HSV-1. It infects billions of ...

Patients with inflammatory arthritis would benefit from vaccination against herpes zoster, with the Shingrix vaccine showing a crude effectiveness of 50%.

UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators from campus biotech spinoff Integrated Biosciences, as well as Harvard, MIT ...

The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which affects almost two-thirds of the world's population and is generally ...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.