HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (HCMV) is the largest of the known herpesviruses, with a genome of over 235 kb and more than 200 potential open reading frames 1.It is a widespread opportunistic pathogen ...

A new study found a link between human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a common type of herpes virus, and Alzheimer’s disease. The findings suggest that HCMV can infect the gut and travel to the brain ...

Ben Readhead and Diego Mastroeni, associate research professors at the ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center discuss how human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) can cause a gut infection that ...

A new Weill Cornell Medicine and Oregon Health & Science University co-authored study provides critical insight for the development of a vaccine that can more effectively block the spread of ...

A secret to the development of Alzheimer's disease may be unraveling at Arizona State University. Dr. Ben Readhead, an associate research professor at the ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease ...