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human
Is it likely that genital Herpes will be cured within this decade (or the next)?

I remember reading about breakthroughs and the possibility of a cure for genital herpes becoming available within 10-20 years. This was all research and news articles I had read in 2000 when I found out I had contracted genital herpes. It is now a decade later and the latest news swirling around is the failed vaccine (Simplirix) and subsequent decision by GSK to abandon it last year. 

While I have been disheartened that a vaccine still hasn't been successfully developed, I have high hopes that there will be a cure (and vaccine) within my lifetime.
gpt
A cure is unlikely. The problem is when herpes is latent, it just kinda sits there. Unless if you have a method to actively inactivate or remove ~~latent virus particles (doubtful)~~ the viral plasmid, you'll never have a "cure".

Prevention, vaccine, and drugs to suppress outbreaks are significantly easier to develop and more accessible than a cure.

~~Incidentally, whoever figures out how to inactivate latent viruses will be one step away from curing a bunch of other diseases, like HIV.~~

*edit: craigdubyah pointed out that the HSV's latent form is actually circularized DNA in the nucleus. That's even more difficult to target than an encapsulated, intact virus.*

*On the other hand...*

*Does anyone know if antisense DNA works against dsDNA? If it does, that might be one potential to deal with latent HSV. But then they'll have to keep taking the drug to keep the viral DNA latent. Nevermind.*