Scientists have discovered a new way for our immune system to combat the elusive virus responsible for cold sores: Type 1 herpes simplex (HSV-1).
Scientists have discovered a new way for our immune system to combat the elusive virus responsible for cold sores: Type 1 herpes simplex (HSV-1).
In The News: A Possible Way of Stopping the Virus In an independent, peer-reviewed and published University clinical trial, it was demonstrated that an antiviral gel reduced colony forming HSV cells from 100% to less than 1.0% in under an hour. That means an unprecedented 99.0% of the virus was destroyed in 1 hour. Read more here.