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Blogposts 2025
- Advancing Multiple Sclerosis Research: Highlights from the Neuro-SysMed Symposium 2025
- EBV-MS Consortium Showcases Cutting-Edge Research on Epstein-Barr Virus and Multiple Sclerosis at ECTRIMS 2025
- Breaking Ground on EBV and MS: Highlights from ECTRIMS 2025 Educational Session
- Meet Our new EBV-MS Partner: The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING)
- Meeting with the Scientific Advisory Board of the EBV-MS Project
- On the role of EBV in MS - Educational Session at ECTRIMS 2025
- Epstein-Barr Virus and Its Role in Multiple Sclerosis: A Growing Area of Research
Research Data Management in EBV-MS
EBV-MS News Archive
- Molecular Mimicry: How EBV-Triggered T Cells May Attack the Brain in MS
- EBV-MS highlighted at MENACTRIMS 2025
- EBV-MS Annual Consortium Meeting 2025: Strengthening Collaboration Towards Prevention and Understanding of Multiple Sclerosis
- EBV-MS Consortium at the European Charcot Foundation
- Unraveling the EBV-MS Connection: Professor Øivind Torkildsen at MENACTRIMS 2025
- The EBV-MS Team Presents Groundbreaking Research at ISNI 2025 in Japan
- Advancing Clinical Research on EBV in MS
- New EBV-MS Video Highlights Groundbreaking Research and Human Stories Behind the Science
- The 2024 Neuro-SysMed Annual Symposium
- Annual Scientific Congress 2024 Hosted by the Italian MS Society in Rome (May 28th-30th)
EBV-MS in the Media
2025
For 30 år siden fantes ingen behandling for sykdommen Sara Louise fikk som 17-åring - Newspaper BA Feb 2025
Nytt forskningsprosjekt om kyssesykevirus og MS - Novartins Medhub Aug 2025
Investigating the Cause of Multiple Sclerosis - ft. Dr. Marianna Cortese - Podcast in Offspring Magazine Feb 2025
EBV-MS: Unveiling the relationship between Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis - el-lipse April 2025
The new Honorary Doctor hopes to create a vaccine against MS - UiB Aug 2025
How Does EBV Cause MS -- Hit and Run or Chronic Driver? Nov 2025
2024
Studie: Oppsiktsvekkende om MS-medisin - Newspaper Dagbladet Jan 2025
Kan hiv-medisin hjelpe mot MS? - Forskning.no Feb 2024
MS i Norge - Sykdommen, årsakene og dagens og fremtidens behandling - YouTube 2024
Gir nytt håp til MS-syke - Magazine KK April 2024
MS: Et av verdens vanligste virus kan gi svar på gåten bak den nevrologiske sykdommen - HealthTalk March 2024
Kan HIV-medisin virke på MS-pasienter? Norske forskere vil finne det ut - Health Talk Oct 2024
Case Study Reports Positive Impact of Antiviral Therapy Tenofovir in MS, Warranting Further Research - NeurologyLive Feb 2024
Scientists want to tackle multiple sclerosis by treating the kissing virus - The Economist Feb 2024
5 quick questions about Epstein-Barr-virus and Multiple Sclerosis -UiB May 2024
Epstein-Barr virus: how does a common infection trick the immune system into attacking the brain in people with MS? - The Conversation June 2024
2023
Risikoen for å få MS økte med 32 ganger etter en EBV-infeksjon - Nevrologisk Tidsskrift Aug 2023
Leder internasjonalt forskningsprosjekt: – Vi er nærmere en løsning på MS-gåten enn noen gang - Dagens Medisin Sept 2023
Norske forskere leder EU-prosjekt om MS og kyssesykevirus - MEDWATCH Sept 2023
Fantastisk forskningsmiddel-dryss over MS-feltet - Dagens Medisin Des 2023
Trekker frem en nedtur og to oppturer på MS-feltet i 2023 - Dagens Medisin Des 2023
Targeting Epstein-Barr virus to treat and prevent MS - UiB Sept 2023
Scientific publications for EBV-MS
2026
Olivia G. Thomas, Urszula Rykaczewska, Marina Galesic et al (Jan 2026). Anoctamin-2-specific T cells link Epstein-Barr virus to multiple sclerosis. Cell 189, 585-602
2025
Mechelli R, Umeton R, Bellucci G, et al. (2025). A disease-specific convergence of host and Epstein-Barr virus genetics in multiple sclerosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(14), e2418783122.