By IDSE News Staff
There may be a causal link between Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and multiple sclerosis (MS), according to new research out of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Science 2022 Jan 13. doi:10.1126/science.abj8222).
The researchers suggest that someday MS cases could be prevented by stopping EBV infection, and that targeting EBV could lead to the discovery of a cure for MS.
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that attacks the