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Data suggest new class of drug may be potent against genital herpes

By Guest PostJanuary 21, 2014Healthacyclovir, amalia magaret, americans, anal region, anna wald, blood, christine johnston, data, drug, drug resistance, famciclovir, famvir, genital area, genital herpes, genital hsv2 infection, genital lesions, herpes simplex virus, hsv 2, hsv dna polymerase, lawrence corey, lips, meei li huang, monkey, new class, pain, pritelivir, signs, skin abnormality, sore, stacy selke, toxicology study, valacyclovir, valtrex, viral enzyme, zovirax

A new drug, called pritelivir, may offer a new treatment option for patients with genital herpes, a new industry-sponsored – study led by University of Washington researchers has found.

The study appears in this week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The lead author is Anna Wald, M.D., professor of medicine, epidemiology, and laboratory medicine, and medical director at the Virology Research Clinic at the University of Washington. Other UW coauthors include Dr. Amalia Magaret, Dr. Christine Johnston, Dr. Lawrence Corey, Dr. Meei-Li Huang and Stacy Selke. (more…)

Initial positive results reported on vaccine to treat genital herpes

By Guest PostSeptember 26, 2013Healthanna wald, chemotherapy in denver, chip clark, david koelle, epidemiology, gen 003, genital herpes, genocea biosciences, herpes simplex virus, human t cell, infectious diseases, matrix m, novavax, pathogens, placebo injection, positive result, protein subunit vaccine, scanning electron micrograph, sexually transmitted disease, t cell vaccines, transmission of infection, type 2, united states, university of washington, vaccine

Initial, positive results have been reported for a therapeutic vaccine candidate for treating patients with genital herpes. This first-in-class, investigational, protein subunit vaccine, GEN-003, is under development by Genocea Biosciences Inc.

Dr. Anna Wald, University of Washington professor of medicine and laboratory medicine in the School of Medicine and professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health, is among those leading clinical studies of GEN-003. The trials are also taking place at six other centers in the United States. (more…)

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Data suggest new class of drug may be potent against genital herpes

Initial positive results reported on vaccine to treat genital herpes