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Paris based Cellectis therapeutics announced last January that a team of scientists had successfully used its Meganucleases to block an HSV-1 herpes infection. This is the first proof that meganucleses can be used to prevent viral infection. The implication of this new technique for preventing the spread of virus has the potential to revolutionize [...] Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, England is the scene for ground breaking patient trials of a vaccine designed to prevent the spread of genital herpes by infected individuals to their sexual partners. [...] Mandalari, from the Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK, and colleagues evaluated the effects of natural and blanched almond skins on the release of immunological compounds in cells either infected or not infected with the genital herpes virus HSV-2. The addition of natural almond skins to the cells led to a “significant decrease in HSV-2 replication, whereas other extracts did not significantly influence the replication of the virus,” according to the team’s meeting materials. [...] |
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