Our immune system functions like well-equipped soldiers or guards to combat pathogens and for the most part, it does a great job! However, some viruses like herpesviruses have a cunning trick up their ...

Health experts say CMV infection after transplant can lead to severe illness, prolonged hospitalisation, organ damage, and ...

They found that CMV infection triggered genetic pathways that encouraged inflammation, disrupted metabolism and prompted cells to make more TLR4. A closer look showed that CMV also damaged ...

At Week 8, 69.6% of Patients Treated With Maribavir Achieved CMV Clearance vs. 77.4% for Valganciclovir, but Did Not Demonstrate Non-inferiority Based on Prespecified Margin of 7%1 At Week 16, 52.7% ...

“For people recovering from a stem cell transplant, infections like CMV can mean long hospital stays and intensive treatment,” says Pharmac’s Manager of Pharmaceutical Funding, Claire Pouwels.

Fortress Biotech, Inc. and its subsidiary Helocyte, Inc. have initiated a Phase 2 clinical trial to assess the efficacy of the Triplex vaccine, designed to prevent cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation ...

Federal data indicate that over half the US population aged 6-46 years is infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV), typically spread through bodily fluids. Most people have mild or no negative effects from ...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) recently caused a 2-month-old girl in Pennsylvania to suffer severe hearing loss after it was passed to her in the womb. While the virus can exist in a person for life without ...