herpes simplex
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It is based on a modified herpes simplex virus that has been engineered to replicate only inside glioblastoma cells, leaving healthy tissue unaffected.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
In Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 2020, as in other military towns across the U.S., rates of sexually transmitted infections like syphilis, herpes simplex and HIV are among the highest in the country.
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2025
They didn’t have herpes simplex infection, a dangerous but treatable cause of encephalitis, or HIV, which can cause similar symptoms.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 21, 2023
Deaths caused by HSV-1 - herpes simplex 1 - are almost unheard of in healthy people.
From BBC • Jul. 26, 2023
The treatment, called Vyjuvek, uses an inactivated herpes simplex virus to deliver working copies of that gene.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2023
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