Can the recently announced cure for HIV also cure herpes?

They conducted a study recently that identified the pathway herpes takes as it infects. They now know how herpes embeds itself into the cells and how it eludes treatment. read more

Now, herpes simplex is a lentiviral RNA virus just like HIV, but latent infection with herpes is confined largely to neurons. Its method of latency is also at least partly RNA-based, and the few transcription factors it does appear to depend on are neural rather than involving the more common factors, like NFkB, involved in HIV transcription. read more

African American women have the highest rate of herpes infection at 48 percent and are nearly twice as likely as men to be infected. But now there may be a cure for this disease. Dr. read more

Having genital herpes can increase the risk of being infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and it can cause serious problems for people living with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). People who have genital herpes sores are more likely to be infected with HIV during intercourse. read more