What the shingles vaccine does is it dampens reactivations of latent viruses in a way that may be protecting other parts of your body,” Martin said. Including, it seems, the brain. The measles, mumps ...

Modified Herpes Virus as a Weapon Against Skin Cancer? A new study suggests it might work—even for metastases deep within the ...

The Epstein-Barr virus is one of the most common and persistent human viruses in the world, according to the CDC.

A genetically modified herpes simplex virus, called RP1, has now been shown to destroy advanced melanoma tumors, even when ...

A virus once known for causing cold sores could potentially give cancer patients a fighting chance.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) recently caused a 2-month-old girl in Pennsylvania to suffer severe hearing loss after it was passed to ...

A genetically modified herpes virus, also known as RP1, could soon be getting the green light to be approved by US and ...

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

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

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

Scientists are modifying the herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) to create a promising new treatment for late-stage, treatment-resistant skin cancer.