Virus link with MS
Blizard Institute
Times Higher Education
Researchers at Queen Mary have found a link between the Epstein-Barr virus and some types of multiple sclerosis, reports the Times Higher. They found that the virus tricks the immune system into triggering inflammation and nerve-cell damage in the brain, causing symptoms of MS. A new technique being trialled at Queen Mary has researchers to pinpoint the virus.
Read the Queen Mary press release