A Link Between Epstein-Barr Virus and Multiple Sclerosis?

Research from the University of British Columbia suggests a surprising possibility: immunologist Marc Steven Horwitz is tracking a possible connection between the Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis.

The Epstein-Barr virus is best known to most as the cause of mononucleosis, but it's familiar to many in the chronic illness community as a lab-results bellwether of other long-term immune and autoimmune issues, though the implications of those findings are still not clear from research data.

The work of Horwitz and other immunologists studying the relationships between chronic illness and viral infections is one of the most promising areas of research at the moment, and here's hoping that advances in treatment will follow.