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More EBV stuff

Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 9:56 am
by bromley
We seem to be getting an MS / EBV research article almost every week. The evidence is certainly stacking up that EBV is invovled. At the end of the month the ACTRIMS conference is focusing on EBV and Vit D.

Here is an abstract of some research looking at the bigger picture relating to the involvement of EBV in MS.

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Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 3:59 pm
by BioDocFL
EBV is also suspect in lupus:

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/conten ... 574~db=all

They are blaming it on molecular mimickry. That might be a cause but EBV can do a lot of other things in a cell and to a cell besides just making EBV proteins.