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Making memories with Shingrix

Making memories with Shingrix

From the Ford and Koelle labs of the Cancer Consortium, in collaboration with the Benaroya Research Institute
Science SpotlightApril 16, 2025
Driver’s ed: watching HSV co-infection and recombination in vivo

Driver’s ed: watching HSV co-infection and recombination in vivo

From the Jerome Lab, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Division
Science SpotlightNovember 22, 2024
Engineered HSV can trigger genetic chain reaction, rejigger HSV genes during co-infection

Engineered HSV can trigger genetic chain reaction, rejigger HSV genes during co-infection

Proof-of-concept work raises hope that ‘gene drive’ could one day form basis of curative gene therapy for herpes
Hutch NewsOctober 11, 2024
El momento en que se administra la TAR para el VIH es más importante de lo que imaginábamos

El momento en que se administra la TAR para el VIH es más importante de lo que imaginábamos

De los grupos de los doctores Edlefsen y Frenkel, Consorcio Oncológico
Science SpotlightAugust 21, 2024
In the crosshairs:  herpesvirus 6B as a potential cause of idiopathic pneumonia

In the crosshairs: herpesvirus 6B as a potential cause of idiopathic pneumonia

From the Hill and Boeckh groups, Vaccine and Infectious Disease and Clinical Research Divisions
Science SpotlightFebruary 21, 2024
Switching from KSHV latency to lytic replication

Switching from KSHV latency to lytic replication

From the Geballe lab, Human Biology Division & Cancer Consortium
Science SpotlightMarch 20, 2023
A new take on having skin in the game

A new take on having skin in the game

From the Zhu lab, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Science SpotlightOctober 17, 2022
Researchers  refine experimental gene therapy for herpes

Researchers refine experimental gene therapy for herpes

Treatment sharply reduced viral shedding in laboratory mice
Hutch NewsSeptember 26, 2022
A unique population of mucosal Tregs respond to local viral infection

A unique population of mucosal Tregs respond to local viral infection

From the Lund and Prlic labs, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Science SpotlightAugust 15, 2022
Sleuthing the immune system’s mysterious T-regs

Sleuthing the immune system’s mysterious T-regs

Dr. Jennifer Lund probes why regulatory T cells show up when trouble comes around
Hutch NewsDecember 10, 2021
A year of research dominated by the coronavirus

A year of research dominated by the coronavirus

Scientists applied diverse expertise to pandemic in 2020 while advancing discoveries and cures for cancer
Hutch NewsDecember 21, 2020
Dr. Anna Wald lauded by Infectious Diseases Society

Dr. Anna Wald lauded by Infectious Diseases Society

Virologist will deliver prestigious John F. Enders Lecture during annual conference
Hutch NewsOctober 21, 2020
A cure for herpes? There is progress to report

A cure for herpes? There is progress to report

Mouse studies show gene therapy can cause big drop in latent infections
Hutch NewsAugust 18, 2020
¿La cura del herpes? Hay avances que reportar

¿La cura del herpes? Hay avances que reportar

Los estudios con ratones muestran que la terapia génica puede reducir muchísimo las infecciones inactivas
Hutch NewsAugust 18, 2020
Antibody blocks Epstein-Barr virus in preclinical trial

Antibody blocks Epstein-Barr virus in preclinical trial

Hutch-discovered protein blocks virus linked to cancers, mono, autoimmune diseases
Hutch NewsJune 23, 2020
Rethinking an old viral foe

Rethinking an old viral foe

Why does a common virus plague bone marrow transplant patients? New study challenges dogma, opens door to new therapies.
Hutch NewsJanuary 17, 2019
Dr. Joshua Hill receives Amy Strelzer Manasevit grant award

Dr. Joshua Hill receives Amy Strelzer Manasevit grant award

Award will help fund ‘paradigm shift’ in diagnosing post-transplant infections
Hutch NewsJune 06, 2018
Stealing a secret from an unwelcome virus

Stealing a secret from an unwelcome virus

An unexpected discovery in a herpes lab might bring relief to cancer patients
Hutch NewsJune 29, 2017
Experimental herpes drug pritelivir more effective than standard treatment

Experimental herpes drug pritelivir more effective than standard treatment

Pritelivir reduces viral shedding and lesions better than valacyclovir, study shows
Hutch NewsDecember 20, 2016
Can gene editing cure herpes?

Can gene editing cure herpes?

Fred Hutch study shows ‘pathway to potential cure’ for herpes simplex and other latent viruses
Hutch NewsSeptember 08, 2016