Winter 2025: SPHERE magazine is 16 pages in A4 print version, and the e-version is in large text, single column, for easy reading on a screen.
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Each magazine has pages of medical research on
this virus, and new facts about herpes simplex
treatments and herpes vaccines. In this magazine:
What is expected from a vaccine
CRISPR to remove the virus
Building confidence re this issue
Why Western Blot antibody test is so expensive
Treatment ideas from our readers
Emily’s view on ‘talking about STIs (and herpes in particular)
And lots more!
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See articles from past Spheres here. See an example of the full magazine here.
Back copies of Sphere
You can also order back copies of Sphere. For instance you can read a talk on the psychology of having herpes simplex given by Dr John Green on “Getting your head around it”.
He made us laugh! A total of ten pages printed in two successive journals. We print an almost verbatim report of his talk including the question and answer session and his views on the (non-issue) of the Crown Prosecution Service’s guidelines on ‘deliberate infection with an STI’. His attitude was that if he was called as an expert witness, he would use the court to ridicule the idea of attempting to bring a case about this. But he does not expect, ever, to see a person in the dock for transmitting herpes simplex. He laughed and said something about how you cannot call herpes simplex ‘a serious condition’. His whole talk was very amusing and the report is sprinkled with [LAUGHTER] notes so that readers can feel what it was like to be in the room. (They are in SPHEREs 21/3 and 21/4.)
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This page was updated on 24-1-2025
