Investigators at University of Washington studied multiple samples to develop an assay that can detect active infection in patients with chromosomally integrated HHV-6. Current quantitative PCR DNA testing cannot determine whether a ciHHV6 patient has active replication.
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HHV-6, EBV and CMV found in GI tract cancers
A group from Washington University used a bioinformatics system called VirusScan to analyze RNA-Seq data sets from 6,813 human tumors compared to those of adjacent normal tissue. Tumor samples representing 23 different forms of cancer were analyzed. HHV-6, EBV and CMV were found at significantly high levels in GI tract cancer tissue.
HHV-6A in the news!
The recent publication of “Presence of HHV-6A in Endometrial Epithelial Cells from Women with Primary Unexplained Infertility” in PLOS ONE led to strong scientific and media interest across the world. The HHV-6 Foundation issued a rare press release to encourage the spread of the important results of this study, which may hold promise for many infertile couples.
Best Practices: Pubmed Searches
Searching through Pubmed for HHV-6 related research is best done with a multi-keyword approach to find the most available studies at once. Certain variations of the HHV-6 viruses and their names (forgoing the use of a dash, for example) can mislead the search into finding incomplete results. To find the most relevant results, we recommend the copying the following search string when using Pubmed.
Joshua Hill wins the HHV-6 Foundation Caroline B. Hall Young Investigator Award
Dr. Joshua Hill, a research associate in Fred Hutch’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, was awarded the Caroline B. Hall Young Investigator Award at the International HHV-6 & 7 Conference in Boston for his work on HHV-6.
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