​Revolutionary Research and Collaboration Offers New Hope for Eradicating HSV

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Washington State University has published a fascinating news report highlighting a global initiative against strains of HSV. The 40th Annual International HSV Workshop in Boise, Idaho, recently gathered approximately 500 scientists from all over the world to focus on finding a cure for the virus, which affects an estimated 90% of people who, studies report, carry one or both strains, which are responsible for causing topical flare-ups on the mouth or genitals.


The esteemed Anthony Nicola, a virologist at Washington State University shared his fascinating research. He was recently awarded $1.9 million in grant funding sponsored through the National Institutes of Health to study this virus. He explained one of the characteristics that make the virus so difficult to treat, “What’s most striking about HSV is that after it causes the initial infection, rather than be cleared from the body, it goes into a latency stage where it’s able to hide in nerve ganglia, beyond the immune system’s reach. Later, triggers such as stress, illness or fatigue can reawaken the virus and set off a new eruption.”


Using this “trick”, the insidious virus can “unlock the door” to the host cell, where it is then able to utilize the cell’s own mechanisms to cause painful and contagious flare-ups in people who often “suffer lifelong, sporadic flare-ups.”


David Bloom, a virologist at the University Of Florida School Of Medicine co-chaired the workshop. He explained the optimism that motivates the research, saying that more detailed comprehension of how the virus infiltrates host cells will further the development of intervention strategies, as well as antiviral treatment, “It’s important because HSV is one of the most widespread viruses we know of and once it infects the body, it never leaves. It has been a tough nut to crack. Because of Anthony’s research we have a better understanding of how it gets inside the host cell to cause infection.”


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