Audio long-read: The quest to prevent MS — and understand other post-viral diseases
Nature Podcast
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🗓️ 25 April 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Results from a huge epidemiological study found that infection by the Epstein-Barr virus increases the risk of developing multiple sclerosis 32-fold. This result, combined with emerging mechanistic insights into how the virus triggers brain damage, are raising the prospect of treating or preventing MS.
These advances come at a time when researchers are more interested than ever in what happens in the months and years following a viral infection, and highlights the issues untangling the relationships between infectious diseases and chronic conditions.
This is an audio version of our Feature: The quest to prevent MS — and understand other post-viral diseases.
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| 0:44.3 | This is an audio long read from nature. |
| 0:47.0 | In this episode, The Quest to Prevent MS |
| 0:49.6 | and Understand Other Post-Viral Diseases. |
| 0:53.3 | Written by Asha Mullard and read by me, Benjamin Thompson. |
| 0:59.4 | In a sprawling facility in Silver Spring, Maryland, the U.S. Department of Defense, or the DOD, |
| 1:06.2 | has amassed a horde of epidemiological treasure. |
| 1:10.5 | Walk-in freezers, each the size of a basketball court, |
| 1:14.1 | holds 72 million vials of blood serum, |
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