New vaccine-focused company aims to end herpes

26 September 2016

Rational Vaccines (RVx), a privately-held biotechnology startup set up in the USA last year, aims to stop the spread of herpes and improve treatment options for millions of people who live with recurrent herpetic disease.

Based on 20 years of pre-clinical studies, RVx has developed a new class of rationally-engineered live vaccines that may safely and effectively prevent the spread of herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2).

Leading this groundbreaking effort is chief science officer William Halford, an Associate Professor at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Dr Halford has been studying the molecular virology and immunology of HSV for the past 20 years, winning awards for his teaching and research.

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