News tagged with herpes treatments

Use of certain antiviral drugs during pregnancy not linked with higher risk of major birth defects

An analysis of data from Denmark finds no associated increased risk of major birth defects for mothers who were exposed during the first trimester of pregnancy to the antiviral drugs acyclovir, valacyclovir, and famciclovir, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Potential new herpes therapy studied

A new therapy being developed at the University of Florida could, in time, produce another weapon for the fight against herpes.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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To drive infections, a hijacking virus mimics a cell's signaling system

New biological research reveals how an invading virus hijacks a cell's workings by imitating a signaling marker to defeat the body's defenses. By manipulating cell signals, the virus destroys a defensive protein designed ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers on the trail of a treatment for cancer of the immune system

Infection with Epstein Barr means that the B cells, which are the primary memory cells of the immune system, are hi-jacked.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Scavenger cells accomplices to viruses

Mucosal epithelia do not have any receptors on the outer membrane for the absorption of viruses like hepatitis C, herpes, the adenovirus or polio, and are thus well-protected against pathogenic germs. However, certain viruses, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US takes aim at purported sex disease 'cures'

The US government said Tuesday it is taking steps to remove from the market a host of online products that promise to cure HIV, herpes, chlamydia and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Comparing complex protein networks in cells could lead to new insights in biology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have developed a way of studying cells by comparing how proteins inside them bind with one another.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers link herpes to Alzheimer's disease

Laboratories at the University of New Mexico (UNM), Brown University, and House Ear Institute (HEI) have developed a new technique to observe herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) infections growing inside cells. HSV1, the cause ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Entry inhibitors show promise as drugs with new MOA for treatment of HBV and HDV infection

Promising new viral hepatitis data presented today at the International Liver CongressTM show that entry inhibitors --a new mechanism of action for drugs to treat viral hepatitis -- could provide the first new hepatitis B ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study identifies genes associated with binge drinking

University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers have identified two genes associated with binge drinking that may open doors to new, more effective treatments for excessive alcohol drinking. The scientists found that ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

HIV makes protein that may help virus's resurgence

New research enhances the current knowledge of how human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1), which causes AIDS, controls the cell cycle of cells that it infects. The new findings may shed light on how the virus reactivates ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Old folk remedy revived: How tansy may be a treatment for herpes

For centuries tansy has been used as a folk remedy, but now scientists from Britain and Spain believe the plant may have medical benefits after all, as a treatment for herpes. The team's findings, published in Phytotherapy Re ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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