Harvard Medical School researchers have uncovered crucial insights into how an emerging class of antiviral drugs works.

(A) Cryo-EM structure overview of HSV-1 gB in complex with D48 Fab. The side view and top view were presented. The HSV-1 gB trimer and D48 Fab VH/VL were colored differently. (B) Neutralization assay ...

(A) Cryo-EM structure overview of HSV-1 gB in complex with D48 Fab. The side view and top view were presented. The HSV-1 gB trimer and D48 Fab VH/VL were colored differently. (B) Neutralization assay ...

Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the host's cellular machinery to make new copies of themselves. Herpes simplex ...

Get up to speed on herpes simplex virus (HSV-1/HSV-2) epidemiology, novel antibodies, vaccine development, and cure strategies for genital herpes.

HSV-1 usually causes oral herpes, while HSV-2 primarily affects the genitals. You may not know you have herpes because it ...

The herpes IgG test is a blood test used to diagnose herpes simplex virus (HSV). This includes HSV-1, the type most commonly linked to cold sores, and HSV-2, the type mainly associated with genital ...

A recent study In Press at the Journal of Cell Biology reports that herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) exploits heterochromatin to successfully exit the nucleus. The heterochromatin markers macroH2A1 and ...

Genital herpes infections are very common. There are 42 million new infections each year — that averages out to one new person infected each second. While treatments can help with symptoms, there's no ...

Around one in every five people aged below 50 around the world is infected with incurable genital herpes, researchers have newly estimated. According to a new paper in the journal Sexually Transmitted ...