Herpes — Zika News

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Dec 17

6 min read

Cancer Patients and Those Treated with Chemotherapy Have Increased Herpes Zoster Shingles Risk

Cancer diagnosis was associated with about a 40 percent increase in risk for developing Herpes Zoster / Shingles

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Nov 27

3 min read

Genital Herpes Vaccine Found Efficacious at Higher Doses

Genocea Biosciences GEN-003 therapeutic vaccine candidate for HSV2 has not launched a phase 3 study

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Nov 2

5 min read

A ‘Hint of Good News’ for Genital Herpes Vaccine

GEN-003 a therapeutic bivalent vaccine candidate for genital herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2)

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Oct 19

4 min read

Could HSV1 Vaccination Prevent Dementia?

Herpes antiviral treatment causes a dramatic decrease in number of people severely affected by HSV1 who later develop dementia

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Jul 10

2 min read

Genital Herpes Vaccine GEN-003 May Work After All

Genocea GEN-003 is a Phase 3-ready investigational immunotherapy for the treatment of genital herpes infections (HSV2)

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