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At Cincinnati Children’s, researchers have made a remarkable discovery involving the virus that causes mono.
In a recently published study, scientists report the Epstein-Barr virus also increases the risks for some people of developing seven other major diseases.
The diseases include systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), multiple sclerosis (MS), rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), celiac disease, and type 1 diabetes.
“This discovery is probably fundamental enough that it will spur many scientists around the world to reconsider the role of this virus in these disorders,†said John Harley, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology (CAGE) at Cincinnati Children’s.
Dr. John Harley is the lead researcher and director of the Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology.
He has devoted much of his career to studying lupus and a connection to the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
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