A cancer-killing virus could soon be approved for use after shrinking tumours in a third of people with late-stage melanoma ...

Scientists have hijacked the herpes virus and turned it into a cancer-busting ally. A decade after the United States Food and ...

Scientists are developing all sorts of potential new treatments to tackle the most difficult cancer cases—including some that ...

One-in-six patients treated with the modified virus as part of a clinical trial saw their tumors disappear completely.

University of Southern California researchers have found a way to rebrand this oft-embarrassing sore subject by genetically modifying HSV-1 and administering it to patients with treatment-resistant, ...

The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which affects almost two‑thirds of the world's population and is generally ...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) recently caused a 2-month-old girl in Pennsylvania to suffer severe hearing loss after it was passed to her in the womb. While the virus can exist in a person for life without ...

The cold sore-causing Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1) hijacks human cells and reconfigures its DNA within just an hour after ...

In a new genetic study, scientists have charted the rise of 214 human diseases across ancient Europe and Asia.

New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and La Jolla Institute for Immunology, published today in ...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

If you’ve been exposed to the herpes virus, it can take anywhere from 2 to 10 days for symptoms to appear and for the virus to be detected on a test. Learn more.