Brain Tumor Drug Derived from Herpes Virus Passes Next Hurdle

New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham published online indicates that a genetically engineered herpes simplex virus, G207, appeared to prompt an immune response in patients and showed signs of actively pursuing and killing cancer cells.

10-Day Old Baby Dies of Herpes

For about a week, Charlotte Raveney and Mohamed Eisawy's daughter Mira was a happy, bubbly baby. Her delivery was exhausting, though, and Raveney developed a slight fever and a cold sore on her bottom lip three days later -- the first one she had ever had. mira.

Genetically Altered Cold Sore Virus Fights Cancer

"I Used to Have Cancer. Now I Just Have Herpes! Yippee!"

Herpes Infection May Be Symbiotic, Help Beat Back Some Bacteria

Mice with chronic herpes virus infections can better resist the bacterium that causes plague and a bacterium that causes one kind of food poisoning, researchers report in this week's Nature.

The Good Thing About Herpes

The herpes family of viruses can have a surprising upside--it can protect against the bubonic plague and other bacterial contagions, at least in mice. ... "There may be symbiotic advantages to chronic infections with these viruses." ...