A new study reveals how Epstein-Barr virus may provoke immune cells to attack the brain, offering fresh hope for treating multiple sclerosis.

Multiple sclerosis is a central nervous system autoimmune condition that damages myelin sheath that protects the nervous system, affects brain and spinal cord and leads to aggravated conditions like ...

A common virus, called EBV, might lead to multiple sclerosis later in life, scientists say. EBV causes mono, the "kissing disease," and can trigger a heightened immune response in teens. Researchers ...

In January 2022, a study of 10 million people over 20 years revealed that Epstein-Barr virus increases the risk of multiple ...

Study shows certain CD8+ immune cells are far more active in the nervous system of people with multiple sclerosis. Some ...

Multiple sclerosis is also caused by a virus carried by almost all humans. A new study provides an explanation as to why only certain people develop the disease. This also opens up the possibility of ...

A major scientific breakthrough has identified the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as the leading cause of multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic inflammatory disease that affects nearly 3 million people ...

More than 280,000 people in Germany have multiple sclerosis (MS) and approximately 15,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. This makes MS the most common inflammatory disease of the central nervous ...

It's thought that about 90 percent of the world's population has been infected at some point in their early lives with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a herpesvirus that is often asymptomatic. It can lead ...

A flurry of recent findings suggests that multiple sclerosis, a crippling disorder of the central nervous system, may be biologically simpler and more amenable to treatment than scientists have long ...

Immune cells (killer T cells) present in the spinal fluid are attacking the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in multiple sclerosis ...