{"id":1185,"date":"2026-01-15T13:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/ebv-can-trick-the-immune-system-to-attack-myelin-in-at-risk-individuals\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:00:26","slug":"ebv-can-trick-the-immune-system-to-attack-myelin-in-at-risk-individuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/ebv-can-trick-the-immune-system-to-attack-myelin-in-at-risk-individuals\/","title":{"rendered":"EBV can trick the immune system to attack myelin in at-risk individuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/01\/15\/new-study-shows-way-ebv-genetics-interact-trigger-ms\/\" title=\"EBV can trick the immune system to attack myelin in at-risk individuals\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RiskDashboard-800x400.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"A dial marked &quot;RISK,&quot; with settings labeled &quot;LOW&quot; and &quot;HIGH,&quot; shows the indicator nearly at the high risk mark.\" style=\"margin: auto;margin-bottom: 15px;max-width: 100%\" data-wp-pid=\"145626\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A history of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) appears to alter the immune systems of people with specific genetic traits, causing their own cells to mistakenly flag brain proteins as dangerous threats, according to a new study. This discovery offers insight into how these risk factors \u2014 viral infection and genetics \u2014 interact to contribute to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/01\/15\/new-study-shows-way-ebv-genetics-interact-trigger-ms\/\">EBV can trick the immune system to attack myelin in at-risk individuals<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\">Multiple Sclerosis News Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/01\/15\/new-study-shows-way-ebv-genetics-interact-trigger-ms\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A history of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) appears to alter the immune systems of people with specific genetic traits, causing their own cells to mistakenly flag brain proteins as dangerous threats, according to a new study. This discovery offers insight into how these risk factors \u2014 viral infection and genetics \u2014 interact to contribute to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11,15,9,8,13,14,12,10],"class_list":["post-1185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multiple-sclerosis-research","tag-brain-repair","tag-marburg-type-ms","tag-ms","tag-multiple-sclerosis","tag-myelin","tag-neuroregeneration","tag-oligodendrocyte","tag-remyelination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}