Special Episode: Epstein-Barr Virus

This Podcast Will Kill You

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Health & Fitness, Science

4.8 • 17.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In last week’s episode, we explored the mysterious world of multiple sclerosis (MS) and the ongoing quest to determine what causes this autoimmune disease. While it’s likely that no one single factor leads to the development of MS, the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has long been suspected to play a role in this and many other autoimmune diseases and has also been shown to be involved in several cancers. But why? How is this virus implicated in so many diseases? How does it infect us? What does it do once it’s in our bodies? Dr. Micah Luftig, Associate Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University, helps to answer these questions and many more about this surprising virus. Not only does Dr. Luftig share his expert knowledge in all things EBV in this interview, he also sheds some light on what a career in academia is like and drops some great advice on how to feel out whether a research career might be right for you. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts!

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1:03.2	Hi, I'm Erin Welsh and this is This Podcast Will Kill You.
1:28.4	Welcome to another bonus episode in this many series of bonus content that we've been
1:33.4	putting out over the past couple of months.
1:36.2	If this is the first time you're tuning into one of these and wondering what this is about,
1:41.1	I've been putting together these bonus episodes to explore in more detail one aspect of the
1:46.3	topic that we covered in our previous week's regular season episode.
1:50.8	I've also been using this opportunity to chat with people about their jobs, what they
1:55.5	like about them and what they don't, how much they do changes from day to day, and any
2:00.8	words of wisdom they may have for people just starting out in their careers.
2:05.6	So far, I've gotten to chat with some fantastic folks about hepatitis B, stigma and discrimination,
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