Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous member of the Betaherpesvirinae that infects the majority of the human population. Although primary infection is often asymptomatic in immunocompetent ...

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous herpesvirus that establishes lifelong persistence within its host. Following primary infection, HCMV can either undergo productive replication or enter a ...

A growing body of work implicates infections as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. In the December 19 Alzheimer’s & Dementia, scientists led by Benjamin Readhead at Arizona State University, Tempe ...

Human cytomegalovirus infections are still associated with severe morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised individuals, despite the availability of five drugs that are currently licensed for ...

Investigators from the laboratory of Derek Walsh, Ph.D., professor of Microbiology-Immunology, have discovered how human cytomegalovirus rewires intracellular mechanisms to control the movement of the ...

Viruses hijack the molecular machinery in human cells to survive and replicate, often damaging those host cells in the process. Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine ...

Some viruses can be dormant throughout a person's life and cause no harm but become dangerous when the immune system is weakened. One of such viruses is human cytomegalovirus (CMV). Harmless to the ...

Mothers with intrauterine transmission of human cytomegalovirus (CMV) to their newborns despite preconception immunity had higher levels of neutralizing antibodies but had weaker antibody-dependent ...

OSAKA, Japan & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced that in the AURORA trial, a Phase 3, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, active-controlled ...

Randomized Phase II Study of R-CHOP With or Without Bortezomib in Previously Untreated Patients With Non–Germinal Center B-Cell–Like Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma A single infusion produced a ...