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Each week, Fred Hutch librarians search PubMed and Web of Science to discover new papers published by Fred Hutch authors
Week of April 05, 2020
Correlation is not (necessarily) causation
Or, how we know herpes doesn’t cause cervical cancer — and HPV does
When scientific hypotheses don’t pan out
Research studies are often built around an educated guess. What happens when those guesses are wrong?
Stealing a secret from an unwelcome virus
An unexpected discovery in a herpes lab might bring relief to cancer patients
Experimental herpes drug pritelivir more effective than standard treatment
Pritelivir reduces viral shedding and lesions better than valacyclovir, study shows
Can gene editing cure herpes?
Fred Hutch study shows ‘pathway to potential cure’ for herpes simplex and other latent viruses
Fred Hutch medical tipsheet for July
Cancer moonshot, research, global health, HIV vaccine, health care policy story ideas and more
Dr. Larry Corey steps down to return to his passion of hands-on science
Building on career of life-saving research, Corey shifts full-time focus to the lab in quest for HIV and herpes vaccines, better cancer treatments
Halting herpes' transmission
New Hutch study predicts threshold of viral load for passing herpes from one person to another
Genital herpes-suppressing immune cells identified
Discovery by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s Dr. Larry Corey and colleagues has implications for development of vaccine to prevent and treat HSV-2, similar infections
Genital herpes can spread even when lesions aren't present
Largest study of herpes simplex virus type 2 to date finds asymptomatic carriers can transmit virus to partners
Video: How HIV infects those with healed herpes lesions
Research led by Larry Corey of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute explains why even treated genital herpes sores boost the risk of HIV infection
Circumcision for HIV prevention
Citing a new study from Uganda, Dr. Judith Wasserheit's New England Journal of Medicine editorial concludes 'circumcision offers an important prevention opportunity and should be widely available'