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Scientists Develop New Antibody For Virus That Infects 95% of People (www.sciencealert.com)
submitted 12 hours ago by sanitation@lemmy.radio to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 13 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Now we just need an antibody that gets rid of the Epstein class specifically.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 hours ago

And William Barr as well.

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 14 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Middle school had me convinced that herpes was one of the worst things you could get and that having it would make you an outcast weirdo.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

College taught you to just ignore the cold sore?

[–] brianary@lemmy.zip 28 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

This could be a big deal for MS, which is thought to be related to Epstein-Barr.

[–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 hours ago

Tbh it's linked to a ton of things (lots of cancers), so it'd be a pretty big deal in general if they're able to scale it into something widely usable.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 24 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

It's herpes simplex 1, the one known for cold sores. Although HSV2, known for genital herpes, has start becoming a cause of cold sores.

[–] Australis13@fedia.io 29 points 11 hours ago

Herpes simplex 1 (HSV-1) is not EBV (herpesvirus 4 aka HHV-4). Right family, but different virus.

EBV causes mono aka glandular fever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein%E2%80%93Barr_virus

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 27 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

No it’s not, at least not according to Wikipedia.

Epstein-Barr virus is a different herpes virus that causes mono, which is not the same as HSV1 with its cold sores

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein%E2%80%93Barr_virus

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 13 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Who thought to name it Epstein-Barr?

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 47 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Probably Doctors Epstein and Barr.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 6 hours ago

Anthony Epstein and Yvonne Barr, more specifically

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 18 points 9 hours ago

It’s been called that since the 60s. Epstein is also just a last name.

[–] catdog@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The owner of the pub.

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

Congrats you win the internet today!

Thanks for the laugh