Herpesisnormal is campaigning for better awareness and understanding of herpes. Despite the fact that herpes is carried by most people, harmlessly and invisibly, there is still enormous fear and misunderstanding surrounding the condition. Many people think herpes is rare, but in fact the symptoms are rare, the virus is common.
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Vical are reported to be making progress with their immunotherapeutic vaccine. An immunotherapeutic vaccine is one which provides immunity for those who do not carry herpes, as well as treatment for the majority of the population who already do.
One of the investigators, Dr David Koelle said, “We are encouraged that the CD8 T-cell responses observed in mice after DNA vaccination matched those observed after natural HSV-2 infection, suggesting that the appropriate tegument protein epitopes together with surface glycoproteins may provide interventional vaccine opportunities.”
“We believe these responses may be important in …