New enzyme offers hope to halt herpes virus genome manipulation
TL;DR
Researchers discovered that herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) deliberately reshapes the human genome to facilitate its replication, but blocking the enzyme topoisomerase I can prevent this process, offering a potential new treatment strategy.
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