{"id":1227,"date":"2026-01-22T20:15:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/targeting-ebv-infected-b-cells-may-help-prevent-or-treat-ms-study\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T20:15:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:15:36","slug":"targeting-ebv-infected-b-cells-may-help-prevent-or-treat-ms-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/targeting-ebv-infected-b-cells-may-help-prevent-or-treat-ms-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Targeting EBV-infected B-cells may help prevent or treat MS: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/01\/22\/targeting-ebv-infected-b-cells-help-prevent-treat-ms-study\/\" title=\"Targeting EBV-infected B-cells may help prevent or treat MS: Study\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/white-blood-cells-800x400.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"White blood cells are seen along with red blood cells in this close-up illustration.\" style=\"margin: auto;margin-bottom: 15px;max-width: 100%\" data-wp-pid=\"146896\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When immune B-cells mistakenly recognize the body\u2019s own nerve tissue, they can shut themselves down to prevent damage, but infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) can trick B-cells into surviving and becoming activated in the brain instead of being eliminated by normal immune safety mechanisms, according to a study. These self-reactive B cells can then [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/01\/22\/targeting-ebv-infected-b-cells-help-prevent-treat-ms-study\/\">Targeting EBV-infected B-cells may help prevent or treat MS: Study<\/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\/22\/targeting-ebv-infected-b-cells-help-prevent-treat-ms-study\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When immune B-cells mistakenly recognize the body\u2019s own nerve tissue, they can shut themselves down to prevent damage, but infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) can trick B-cells into surviving and becoming activated in the brain instead of being eliminated by normal immune safety mechanisms, according to a study. These self-reactive B cells can then&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1228,"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-1227","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\/1227","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=1227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}