Herpes — Precision Vaccinations

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

May 30

3 min read

Herpes Vaccine Candidate HSV529 Reports Positive Phase 1 Results

Sanofi Replication-Defective Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Vaccine HSV529 was safe and elicited neutralizing antibody and modest CD4+ T-cell responses in HSV seronegative vaccinees

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

May 29

5 min read

Herpes Vaccines Need Help

Herpes HSV-1 and HSV-2 continue to recombine and frustrate vaccine candidates

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

May 17

4 min read

Herpes Vaccine Candidates Need to ‘Wake Up CD8 T-Cells’

Novel role for ILC1 to recruit effector CD8 T-cells to prevent virus spread and establish immune surveillance at barrier tissues

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Apr 17

6 min read

Neonatal Herpes Acquired From Mom Can Be Fatal

Neonatal herpes virus (nHSV) infections in infants can be treated with Acyclovir up to 3 months of age

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Fact checked by Kelley Lu, PharmD

Apr 10

4 min read

Genital Herpes Vaccine Seeks Strategic-Options

Genocea Gen-003 is a genital herpes (HSV2) vaccine candidate

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