Grant awarded for research

 
By Diane Clay
Published: November 7, 2007

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant worth more than $850,000 to immunologists at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center to study the genetics of a critical protein in herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) infection.

The disease can cause painful sores, lesions and psychological stress. Genital herpes also may play a role in the spread of other sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV, chlamy...


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