Herpes: Scientists find cellular process that fights virus

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 11:56 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have discovered a new way for our immune system to combat the elusive virus responsible for cold sores: Type 1 herpes simplex (HSV-1). As reported in the advance online edition of Nature Immunology, a group of virus hunters from the Universite de Montreal, in collaboration with American colleagues, have identified a cellular process that seeks out and fights herpes...

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