New Studies Find Epstein-Barr Virus May Actually Be Protective Against Autoimmune Development

Src: Jax.org/agouti laboratory mouse, F1 Hybrid

  On Monday, a surprising and promising new development in autoimmune research was announced to the scientific world. An animal version of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was found to have protective properties against the development of lupus in mice prone to getting the autoimmune disease. Prior studies suggested that the opposite was true—that EBV had the potential to increase the … [Read more...]