| | Scientists record movement of herpes simplex virus in nerve cell (GSJ of Sept. 1, 2000) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | For a long time, Bearer said, scientists have known that the herpes virus enters a mucous membrane, such as the lip, at the nerve ending and travels along the string-like nerve to the central nervous system near the brain, where the virus replicates or enters latency, Bearer said. |
 | | The research was published in the July 5 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and has been receiving attention from the scientific community and publications. |
 | | To duplicate the movement from nerve ending to cell nucleus, Bearer and colleagues used a squid's "giant" axon - 7 centimeters in length and 1 millimeter in diameter - because it was large enough to inject and was easily seen. |
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