Audio long-read: The quest to prevent MS — and understand other post-viral diseases
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Anti Viral Therapy to Prevent Post Viral Diseases
We don't have a real anti viral drug to target e b v infected cells, says coen. A few drugs slow the viruss replication, but not enough to clear it from the body or change clinical course of infectious mono nucleosis. Latent viruses are notoriously challenging to kill. It's hard to jam up the viral machinery when the gears are barely turning. If we can unpick the relative contributions of the two phases and how the latent virus is reactivated, it could open new doors. Another strategy is to destroy the virus breeding ground, the bee cells.
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