Posted by: Simcha | Filed in: News & Culture
1:30PM, Thursday July 10th 2008
The CDC has confirmed that a cure for both oral and genital herpes is in the works. Hooray! An estimated 100 million Americans have the oral herp, while 20% have the kind below the belt. There is a tiny bit of bad news, though. The new treatment being studied would force on one last outbreak, but then kill it forever with antiviral drugs already on the market. A team at Duke University has been leading the way and partnered up with Regulus Therapeutics LLC to make it happen. While they’re all optimistic, the researchers say the next step is testing out their theory on animals. Will monkeys finally make monkey business a little more safe? Let’s hope! [MSNBC via Regina Lynn]
Tags: studies, stds, herpes, cures, virus, cold sore, duke university
Alternative medicine
[report]wrote on July 21 2008 @ 05:04 pm:
Did you know that acupuncture can make cold sores go away within a few days? And further, if the whole person is taken care of properly, the outbreaks lessen in frequency and could even stop over time. Acupuncture is natural and safe!