{"id":1391,"date":"2026-02-16T13:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/killer-immune-cells-targeting-epstein-barr-virus-may-help-drive-ms\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T13:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:00:49","slug":"killer-immune-cells-targeting-epstein-barr-virus-may-help-drive-ms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/killer-immune-cells-targeting-epstein-barr-virus-may-help-drive-ms\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer immune cells targeting Epstein-Barr virus may help drive MS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/02\/16\/killer-immune-cells-targeting-epstein-barr-virus-help-drive-ms\/\" title=\"Killer immune cells targeting Epstein-Barr virus may help drive MS\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/iStock-2150341687-800x450.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"A photo shows a virus.\" style=\"margin: auto;margin-bottom: 15px;max-width: 100%\" data-wp-pid=\"159379\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A type of immune cell that has received little attention in multiple sclerosis (MS) research may play a key role in driving the disease. A study found that some people with MS had abnormally high levels of virus-fighting CD8 T-cells in the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Many of these cells were primed [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2026\/02\/16\/killer-immune-cells-targeting-epstein-barr-virus-help-drive-ms\/\">Killer immune cells targeting Epstein-Barr virus may help drive MS<\/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\/02\/16\/killer-immune-cells-targeting-epstein-barr-virus-help-drive-ms\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A type of immune cell that has received little attention in multiple sclerosis (MS) research may play a key role in driving the disease. A study found that some people with MS had abnormally high levels of virus-fighting CD8 T-cells in the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Many of these cells were primed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1392,"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-1391","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\/1391","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=1391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}