Herpes Cure and Research

UPDATED 8/29/2016 If you live in or around Lexington, KY and want to take part of a clinical research trial for a HSV-2 vaccine, there are spots available!  Greta BonDurant from Central Kentucky Research Associates just reached out to us to get volunteers for their new trial.  Of, course, we are always happy to help….

A herpes treatment may be getting closer.  A little over 2 years ago, we wrote about Genocea’s GEN-003 therapeutic vaccination. The good news is the study is still going on and Genocea has updated their website with some promising information. First and foremost, Genocea’s GEN-003 is NOT a cure for herpes.  Instead, they are working…

Genocea’s GEN-003 is not a herpes cure but rather a “Therapeutic Vaccination” for the moment. Don’t be discouraged because this is a step in the right direction. In an effort to find a cure for herpes, Genocea has received a lot of attention with its GEN-003 vaccine and clinical trials. At the moment, there seems…

A vaccine or even a cure for herpes gets closer as Genocea Biosciences raises $30 million for research.  The biotech start-up has a proprietary technology to identify and use T-cell antigens to target large pathogens like HSV-2, pneumococcus, chlamydia and malaria, reports MedCityNews. We were first excited when we heard about Genocea’s clinical trials for…

Could a cure for Herpes be on its way?  A promising new clinical trial for a HSV2 vaccine  just opened up for human research testing and is looking for volunteers. Their press release goes on to explain it in more detail: We were actually made aware of this by one of our members.  She was…