Experimental herpes vaccine works in mice

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Virology: Ups and downs in the search for a Herpes simplex virus vaccine

Silvia Bolland and Susan K Pierce at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases wrote an editorial on the herpes vaccine for eLife.

Experimental Herpes Vaccine Upends Traditional Approach and Shows Promise

From Einstein News:

"Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have designed a new type of vaccine that could be the first-ever for preventing genital herpes—one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, affecting some 500 million people worldwide. By using a counterintuitive scientific approach, researchers were able to prevent both active and latent infections caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), the virus that causes genital herpes. Findings from the research, conducted in mice, were published today in the online journal eLife."

 Read the entire article here.

Radical Vaccine Design Effective Against Herpes Viruses

Read Article from HHMI News on Recent eLife article about the Herpes vaccine here.

Vaccine Design Effective Against Herpes Viruses

The Feature Article in today's Drug Discovery and Development's e-newsletter about Dr. Jacobs's and Dr. Betsy Herold's (Einstein) promising new candidate for a new Herpes vaccine.

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And look for the paper on their findings in the March 10, 2015 issue of eLife!