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A study using lab-made models of the brain suggests that a herpes virus may be a key link between concussions and dementia risk.

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. As early as the 1990s, researchers proposed that a very common type of herpes virus—then known as human herpesvirus 6 (HHV6)—could be somehow ...

had discovered that the human herpes virus type 6 (HHV6) increases sharply in saliva when fatigue builds up. HHV6 is the virus that causes exanthema subitum, a disease in infants. Almost all ...

A new study has uncovered a surprising link between Alzheimer’s disease and Herpes Simplex Virus-1 (HSV-1). Researchers found ...

HSV-1 is a common virus. During infection, its DNA incorporates into host chromosomes, where it lies dormant. An estimated two-thirds of adults worldwide carry these latent HSV-1 genes. Previous work ...

Herpes stromal keratitis (HSK) is a potentially blinding disease caused by herpes simplex virus corneal infection ... is the current standard of care for human HSK. Future therapies will probably ...

The oral herpes virus appears to be linked with Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting that the common infection might play a role ...

A study using lab-made models of the brain suggests that a herpes virus may be a key link between ... including lab-grown models of the human brain. The new research, published Tuesday (Jan ...