Herpes Cure Pipeline 3.0 Release

Join the Party Herpes Cure and Treatment News At long last – the Herpes Cure Pipeline 3.0 is (almost) ready for release. To confirm your attendance, please join the wait list for the Pipeline Release Party. The Herpes Cure Pipeline is the global resource for clinical research in cure and treatment for Herpes Simplex. HerpesContinue reading “Herpes Cure Pipeline 3.0 Release”

Hope for Herpes Keratitis Cure in China: Study results expected in 2022

In the global race for a Herpes cure, China is taking the lead. For the first time, transient gene-editing of the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) using mRNA-based CRISPR was shown to cure herpes keratitis in mice. Chinese researchers reported in a paper published January 11, 2021 of Nature Biotechnology. In a paper publishedContinue reading “Hope for Herpes Keratitis Cure in China: Study results expected in 2022”

Key Stakeholders for Herpes Patient Advocacy

How long until a herpes cure? When asking this question – ask yourself, what can I do to help? Want to know when the next clinical trial for a herpes cure is? Contact your elected representatives – tell them we need more clinical research for HSV. Contact your elected representatives to ask them to prioritizeContinue reading “Key Stakeholders for Herpes Patient Advocacy”

New HSV Advocates: A Starters Guide to Activism

Getting started with Herpes Advocacy Step 1: Get Informed GET INFORMED: Make sure you know the Herpes 101 facts so you can speak to them in your advocacy. Read the latest news. Sign up for Herpes Cure Advocacy emails to receive the latest news on the clinical pipeline, advocacy alerts, and more. Join Herpes CureContinue reading “New HSV Advocates: A Starters Guide to Activism”

Pritelivir: Clinical Trial Recruiting for resistant Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in immune compromised Patients

AiCuris AG, a German biotech company, is currently recruiting for their clinical trial on Pritelivir. Pritelivir is a highly anticipated new treatment for resistant Herpes Simplex Virus infections that cannot be managed with the available anti-virals. It is currently being tested for immune compromised patients only and, if proven safe and effective, could become aContinue reading “Pritelivir: Clinical Trial Recruiting for resistant Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in immune compromised Patients”

Call for Herpes Advocates: Rally for a cure with us!

Want to rally for a cure with us? Why isn’t there a herpes cure or even a diagnostic test that works? Why have there been no treatment improvements in 40 years? Where there is a will, there is a way. When we organize, we make change happen. Join for our monthly advocacy status meeting andContinue reading “Call for Herpes Advocates: Rally for a cure with us!”

Advocates Call on FDA to Remove Faulty Tests for Herpes

It is widely recognized among providers of STI screening that serology tests for Herpes Simplex Virus types 1 & 2 are highly inaccurate and often lead to false positives. So much so, that HSV is often not included in standard STI screening, despite it being the largest STI in America with no effective treatment orContinue reading “Advocates Call on FDA to Remove Faulty Tests for Herpes”

National Strategy for Herpes: A DHHS Strategic Plan in House FY 2022 Budget

Herpes Cure Advocacy confirms a national strategy and strategic plan for Herpes Simplex Virus Types 1 and 2 in the approved House FY 2022 budget. On page 245, the House FY budget report reads: National Strategy for Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV), Types 1 and 2.—The Committee recognizes that an estimated 1 in 3 Americans hasContinue reading “National Strategy for Herpes: A DHHS Strategic Plan in House FY 2022 Budget”

A Herpes and Alzheimer’s link?

There is mounting evidence that has increasingly pointed to HSV-1 as being possibly involved in Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Itzhaki, who has worked extensively to investigate the link, published a paper in 1991 which was the very first experimental study to link HSV1 and AD. In the paper, she noted that she discovered the viral DNAContinue reading “A Herpes and Alzheimer’s link?”