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EBV

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EBV British  

abbreviation

  1. Epstein-Barr virus

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The researchers emphasise that understanding the role of EBV in NPC's pathogenesis is crucial since the virus has 100% association with this cancer.

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The lab's findings were published in Nature Microbiology in the paper, "Multiple sclerosis patient derived spontaneous B cells have distinct EBV and host gene expression profiles in active disease."

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Most people are carriers of EBV: 90% of the adult population are infected with the virus, usually experiencing no symptoms and no resulting illness.

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The ability to measure this in a scalable test, that was developed using an existing diagnostic test as its basis, has implications for future basic research in further understanding the biology of EBV in MS.

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Theoretically, a vaccine or antibody-based treatment capable of blocking gp42's ability to bind to or fuse with B cells would prevent EBV infection and, thus, the virus's ability to persist in those cells.

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