Early clinical and preclinical findings presented at the 35th European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious ...

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine have created a chewing gum that can neutralize viruses ...

The gum is made from bean powder naturally containing a protein that binds to a wide variety of germs, including influenza and the viruses that cause herpes.

Genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections are frequently asymptomatic or undiagnosed, but more than half the US population is seropositive for HSV, and about one-fifth are positive for HSV-2.

In various experiments, a protein found in the gum substantially neutered two flu strains and the herpes simplex viruses 1 ...

Looking beyond jabs, sprays or tablets, scientists are thinking outside the box for delivering antiviral medication to ...

Neonatal herpes simplex virus can be fatal and is disproportionately common in the US among infants born in the South and to Black parents.

The objectives of the present study were: to establish the herpetic etiology of the postoperative vesicular facial lesions that appear after trigeminal sensory-root section; to determine by ...

This piece won the OpiniUm Challenge, an academic research competition for the University of Miami’s graduate students to ...

People develop herpes after exposure to the herpes simplex virus (HSV). There are two types of this virus: Both HSV-1 and HSV-2 can occur on the face or the genitals. People can encounter both ...

Scientists develop an antiviral chewing gum that neutralizes over 95% of influenza and herpes viruses, potentially revolutionizing disease prevention.

Herpes stromal keratitis can present in one of two forms: necrotizing or non-necrotizing stromal keratitis. In necrotizing disease, both live virus and the host immune system are thought to drive ...