{"id":2787,"date":"2014-04-17T10:34:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2787"},"modified":"2024-02-22T19:09:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T19:09:15","slug":"herpes-vaccine-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/herpes-vaccine-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research into vaccine for the Herpes Simplex Virus has begun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A research team at the Huck Institute at Penn State University in the United States of America have started the process of developing a Herpes vaccine.&nbsp; The library where different types of the virus (the viral genomes) is not as comprehensive as the stores of HIV and the common cold.&nbsp; This means that the researchers have to start from the beginning.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/single-virus-2-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/single-virus-2-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/single-virus-2-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/single-virus-2-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/single-virus-2-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/single-virus-2-2048x1036.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The team, led by Dr Moriah Szpara, have looked at most (26 of the 30) viral genomes.&nbsp; The team are aiming to understand why some strains are more contagious, some lead to a greater number and\/ or frequency of herpes lesions. It is important to understand these differences so that the vaccine can be effective in the highest number of people possible.&nbsp; The team are already seeing some commonalities, which are crucial for vaccine development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have also been complications in using the samples, some of which were collected many years ago and frozen and grown a number of times.&nbsp; This growth and development of the virus is helping the team to predict behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team are now looking at the frequency of different viral strains in our populations today.&nbsp; Looking at the viruses that are passed on or are contagious and how quickly these change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vaccine is still many years away.&nbsp; The only way to know whether any symptoms you have relate to the Herpes Virus is to get tested.&nbsp; Better2Know can help you be tested by blood, urine or swab.&nbsp; We can help you to get the right test for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A research team at the Huck Institute at Penn State University in the United States of America have started the process of developing a Herpes vaccine.&nbsp; The library where different types of the virus (the viral genomes) is not as comprehensive as the stores of HIV and the common cold.&nbsp; This means that the researchers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[3409,661,820,1184,940,1325,1416,705,626,1609,639],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2787"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7788,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2787\/revisions\/7788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2787"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}