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

A genetically modified herpes simplex virus, called RP1, has now been shown to destroy advanced melanoma tumors, even when ...

Modified Herpes Virus as a Weapon Against Skin Cancer? A new study suggests it might work—even for metastases deep within the ...

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, ...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) recently caused a 2-month-old girl in Pennsylvania to suffer severe hearing loss after it was passed to ...

The cold sore-causing Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1) hijacks human cells and reconfigures its DNA within just an hour after infection, according to a new study that may help tackle the pathogen.

The herpes virus is extremely complicated. According to Dr. Anna Wald, the head of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Division at the School of Medicine at the University of Washington, ...

Over 800 million people have genital herpes — and in many cases the virus can flare up over a person's lifetime, causing painful symptoms. So why doesn't the world pay more attention?

A genetically modified herpes virus, also known as RP1, could soon be getting the green light to be approved by US and ...