Baylor College of Medicine researchers are part of a collaborative research group with AstraZeneca and Memorial Sloan ...

Scientists have identified 22 genes that explain why one common virus leaves many people unharmed but puts others at risk of ...

The ubiquitous Epstein-Barr virus is increasingly being linked to conditions like multiple sclerosis and lupus. But why do ...

The Epstein-Barr virus and a high-risk gene may work together to trick the immune system into attacking the brain in MS, a ...

The Epstein-Barr virus, which causes mononucleosis, may also drive the autoimmune disorder lupus. For years scientists have suspected that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)—a type of herpesvirus that ...

Multiple sclerosis is a disease in which the immune system erroneously attacks a protective insulation that surrounds neurons ...

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Viral DNA that is usually dismissed when sequencing the human genome could help to uncover useful information about complex ...

A brain protein called ANO2 has emerged as a new piece of the puzzle linking Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections and MS ...

A study published in Nature looks at genetic determinants of persistent Epstein-Barr virus DNA and associations with chronic conditions. Prof Lawrence Young, Virologist and Emeritus Professor of ...

Our results provide mechanistic evidence that immune responses to EBV can directly damage the brain in MS,” said Olivia Thomas, PhD, assistant professor at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at ...

“Our study shows how the most important environmental and genetic risk factors can contribute to MS and trigger an autoimmune ...