Herpesvirus Content / Herpesvirus Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en Scientists Investigate Green Sea Turtle Tumor Disease /climate/news/scientists-investigate-green-sea-turtle-tumor-disease <p><span><span>A new epidemiological study of endangered juvenile green sea turtles in eastern Brazil suggests that factors such as water temperature, salinity and proximity to environmental stressors could trigger the development of a tumor disease associated with a herpesvirus.</span></span></p> August 31, 2023 - 8:00am Emily C Dooley /climate/news/scientists-investigate-green-sea-turtle-tumor-disease Vaccines Hitch a Genomic Ride to Ward off Deadly Chicken Disease /news/mareks-disease-study-0 <p>A new study from ºÙºÙÊÓƵ and the U.S. Department of Agriculture describes how vaccines insert themselves into the chicken’s chromosomes to&nbsp;work against Marek's disease, a deadly virus of chickens, and how the vaccine's activity could offer a model for related human herpesvirus&nbsp;diseases such as chickenpox.</p> November 17, 2016 - 4:18pm Patricia Bailey /news/mareks-disease-study-0