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

A newly identified mechanism lends credence to the idea that MS may be treatable by targeting EBV-infected B-cells, a study found.

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

Recent findings suggest that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is involved in both causing multiple sclerosis (MS) and shaping its progression.

The Wistar Institute's Paul M. Lieberman, Ph.D., and lab team led by senior staff scientist and first author, Samantha Soldan, Ph.D., have demonstrated how B cells infected with the Epstein-Barr virus ...

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

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

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

When the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects cells, typically B cells, it relies on a protein called gp42. One part of the protein is involved in receptor binding, and another part is involved in ...

Autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis arise when the immune system turns against the body itself. Yet for most of ...

A University of Zurich–led study shows that multiple sclerosis arises from a molecular interaction between Epstein-Barr virus ...