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Vaccine shows promise against herpes virus – Medical Xpress

A genetically edited form of a herpes simplex virus—rewired to keep it from taking refuge in the nervous system and eluding an immune response—has outperformed…

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A genetically edited form of a herpes simplex virusrewired to keep it from taking refuge in the nervous system and eluding an immune responsehas outperformed a leading vaccine candidate in a new study from the University of Cincinnati, Northwestern University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Published Nov. 6 in the journal Nature Vaccines, the study found that vaccinating guinea pigs with the modified live virus significantly increased the production of virus-combating antibodies. When challenged…

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