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New approach offers chance to finally kill herpes
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN0229815620080702"><H1>New approach offers chance to finally kill herpes</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN0229815620080702"><DIV class="timestampHeader">Wed Jul 2, 2008 5:39pm EDT</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN0229815620080702"><P>By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor<SPAN id="midArticle_byline"></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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