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

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.

What the shingles vaccine does is it dampens reactivations of latent viruses in a way that may be protecting other parts of your body,” Martin said. Including, it seems, the brain. The measles, mumps ...

Scientists have hijacked the herpes virus and turned it into a cancer-busting ally. A decade after the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first virus-based cancer therapy, ...

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, ...

Scientists found that a genetically engineered herpes simplex virus, when combined with immunotherapy, reduced or eliminated ...

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

Scientists have discovered a stealthy mechanism that cytomegalovirus (CMV)—the leading infectious cause of birth defects in ...

Could common viruses silently influence your brain health? Discover what new research reveals about herpes and dementia.

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

Patients with inflammatory arthritis would benefit from vaccination against herpes zoster, with the Shingrix vaccine showing a crude effectiveness of 50%.