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Audio long-read: The quest to prevent MS — and understand other post-viral diseases

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Vaccines for E B v and M S

During e b v infections, immune system cells known as b cells pump out antibodies against the protein made by the virus. That protein happens to share some structural similarities with a protein in the central nervous system called glel cam. Overtime, some of the bee cells can start making antibodies that bind to both e b n a one and gleal cam. The result is a friendly fire attack on nurons. Some 20 to twent five % of people with m s carry these trigger happy antibodies.

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