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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:31 AM Thursday

"Just astonishing good news. We are on the way to end Multiple Sclerosis. University research delivers." [View all]

Reposted by Mike Masnick
https://bsky.app/profile/mmasnick.bsky.social

Michael Clemens
‪@mclem.org‬

Just astonishing good news. We are on the way to end Multiple Sclerosis.

University research delivers. Always has. Now a cabal in the White House is shattering it.

‪Dr. Keith R. Brunt‬
‪@profbrunt.bsky.social‬
· 8h
Epstein-Barr Virus #EBV was linked to #MultipleSclerosis - now a plausible cause has been found, misidentification by longterm memory T-cells that pick on the wrong protein, ANO2, instead of the EBV-antigen. Massive inflection towards the elimination of MS!!!
🧪🧠Cell
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674%2825%2901481-3

Anoctamin-2-specific T cells link Epstein-Barr virus to multiple sclerosis
Researchers identified anoctamin-2 (ANO2) as a frequent autoimmune target in multiple
sclerosis, with T cell responses against ANO2 occurring in over half of patients.
These ANO2-specific T cells shar...
www.cell.com
9:33 PM · Jan 14, 2026

Just astonishing good news. We are on the way to end Multiple Sclerosis.

University research delivers. Always has. Now a cabal in the White House is shattering it.

Michael Clemens (@mclem.org) 2026-01-15T02:33:22.289Z


Dr. Keith R. Brunt
‪@profbrunt.bsky.social‬

Epstein-Barr Virus #EBV was linked to #MultipleSclerosis - now a plausible cause has been found, misidentification by longterm memory T-cells that pick on the wrong protein, ANO2, instead of the EBV-antigen. Massive inflection towards the elimination of MS!!!
🧪🧠Cell
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674%2825%2901481-3

Anoctamin-2-specific T cells link Epstein-Barr virus to multiple sclerosis
Researchers identified anoctamin-2 (ANO2) as a frequent autoimmune target in multiple
sclerosis, with T cell responses against ANO2 occurring in over half of patients.
These ANO2-specific T cells shar...
www.cell.com
8:41 PM · Jan 14, 2026

Epstein-Barr Virus #EBV was linked to #MultipleSclerosis - now a plausible cause has been found, misidentification by longterm memory T-cells that pick on the wrong protein, ANO2, instead of the EBV-antigen. Massive inflection towards the elimination of MS!!!
🧪🧠Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Dr. Keith R. Brunt (@profbrunt.bsky.social) 2026-01-15T01:41:46.305Z
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