Biopsy and next-generation sequencing identified an HSV 1 variant causing ulcerative esophagitis and ileitis in a healthy 26 ...

Maxwell Biosciences, a global health technology company pioneering a new category of immune-inspired, broad spectrum small molecules called Claromers®, today announces Claromers destroy Epstein-Barr ...

UIC researchers have successfully repurposed an FDA-approved cancer drug, doxorubicin, to treat drug-resistant strains of herpes. Their work appears in the journal Drug Resistance Updates. "This opens ...

Objective The objective of this study was to describe the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in children receiving intravenous acyclovir and determine risk factors that may be associated with it.

New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University Medical Center investigators, with co-authors across additional US centers, report greater cognitive worsening at 78 weeks with ...

Valacyclovir may be easier to take than acyclovir because of its simpler dosing schedule. Both acyclovir and valacyclovir can help treat cold sores, shingles, and genital herpes if taken early during ...

What if you could flip a genetic switch to silence a gene, then turn it back on with a simple drug? For researchers, gene-switch tools offer that kind of control—and a new system called Cyclone may ...

Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed a versatile and non-toxic technology for controlling the activity of any gene in a cell. Such “gene-switch” tools allow scientists to “turn on” ...

We performed a systematic review with the objective of verifying the efficacy of topical use 5% Acyclovir-1% Hydrocortisone cream compared to the placebo group for herpes simplex labialis treatment.

How Are Cold Sores Diagnosed? To see if you have the herpes simplex virus (HSV), which causes cold sores, your doctor may simply examine the cold sore or take a culture from it. Your doctor may also ...

Chickenpox (varicella) is caused by a virus. It begins with a fever, followed by a rash of red pimples which become itchy sores that form scabs. Chickenpox usually affects children from one to 14 ...