Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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On the Benctop

Our Work
At the Bench

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HSV-2 Vaccine

All past efforts to develop an HSV-2 vaccine have failed. Our paradigm-shifting vaccine candidate, delta-gD2, promotes a powerful type of immune response overlooked in prior vaccine development efforts.

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HIV/HSV-2 syndemic

HSV-2 seropositivity increases the risk of acquiring HIV, and the severity of HIV disease. Click below to learn more about how we are working to identify the mechanisms behind this relationship.

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Novel antivirals

HSV has evolved a number of sophisticated mechanisms to establish infection by hijacking the host’s cellular machinery. We are working to characterize these mechanisms and identify novel antivirals.