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 ...

Laura Gibson is an associate professor of medicine and of pediatrics at UMass Chan Medical School. CMV belongs to the same virus family as cold sores and chickenpox and, like those viruses, lives in ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in kidney or kidney/pancreas transplant recipients occurs more frequently when alemtuzumab is used for induction instead of antithymocyte ...

On a spring day in the late 1980s, pediatrician Mark Schleiss was confronted with a difficult case: a months-old infant who had developed pneumonia. While many infants with pneumonia recover, this ...

Patients who develop cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections after allogeneic stem cell transplantation may be able to develop an immunity against the virus, strengthen their immune system and reduce ...

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 ...

At least partial data on 2-year outcomes were available for 360 children (90%). Death or CMV infection with severe disability occurred in 20 of the 149 children (13.4%) in the hyperimmune-globulin ...

Researchers noted that it remains unclear whether cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a specific cause of worsened cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI), or if it is a biomarker for immune ...

Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA) revealed topline results on Wednesday from a Phase 3 trial evaluating the efficacy of mRNA-1647, the company’s investigational cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine. CMV is a ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised people to be wary of cytomegalovirus (CMV) during the holiday season. CMV is a common virus for people of all ages that is usually ...