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Nov 15, 2019

Discovery reveals mechanism that turns herpes virus on and off

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

New research from Dr. Luis M. Schang and his group at the Baker Institute for Animal Health has identified a new mechanism that plays a role in controlling how the herpes virus alternates between dormant and active stages of infection.

The herpes virus causes cold sores and genital sores, as well as life-threatening infections in newborns, encephalitis and corneal blindness.

Treatment of the virus is difficult, because it hides out in and emerges months or years later to reactivate the infection.

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