Grant Awarded for Herpes Research
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant worth more than $850,000 to immunologists at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center to study the genetics of a critical protein in herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) infection.
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Preliminary research showed chemokines to be responsible for coordinating the body’s immune response to the herpes virus.
Scientists plan to take what they learn from the chemokine research and use the information to develop a potential vaccine or gene transfer therapy that would reduce the incidence of infection and diminish the chance of reactivation once infected.
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There are people that do care about what the herpes virus is doing. There is research going on. It’s good to see people writing about it and letting the world know what scientists are doing to try and find a herpes cure OR a herpes vaccine.
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I know I read somewhere of them using gene therapy for erectile dysfunction. I think the research on genes and viruses will help many different disorders in the future. Hopefully they will get rid of most of this sexually transmitted diseases through the proper technological advances.