{"id":241074,"date":"2026-07-17T08:03:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/the-epstein-barr-virus-provokes-t-cells-to-drive-multiple-sclerosis"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:03:55","slug":"the-epstein-barr-virus-provokes-t-cells-to-drive-multiple-sclerosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/the-epstein-barr-virus-provokes-t-cells-to-drive-multiple-sclerosis","title":{"rendered":"The Epstein-Barr Virus Provokes T Cells To Drive Multiple Sclerosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-epstein-barr-virus-provokes-t-cells-to-drive-multiple-sclerosis.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A study has revealed how the Epstein-Barr virus triggers T-cell responses that may drive autoimmunity in MS patients. Researchers showed how B-cell depleting therapy can calm this response, providing a foundation for the design of new antivirals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study has revealed how the Epstein-Barr virus triggers T-cell responses that may drive autoimmunity in MS patients. Researchers showed how B-cell depleting therapy can calm this response, providing a foundation for the design of new antivirals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}