Virus protects against lupus
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 21:30
in Biology & Nature
To the surprise of investigating researchers, an animal model of Epstein Barr virus protected lupus-prone mice against development of the autoimmune disease. Earlier work had suggested that EBV might promote the development of autoimmunity.
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