Incubation Epstein-Barr Virus: The Fog of Discovery

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Almost everyone on earth has Epstein-Barr virus. Usually it’s pretty mild – you get sick, you get better. But the virus lives on in your body forever. Today, we talk with Dorothy Crawford (author of “Cancer Virus”) about how one obsessive researcher uncovered a link between Epstein-Barr and cancer, and changed the way we think about viruses. Later in the show, we talk with Bill Robinson about his groundbreaking discovery of how Epstein-Barr can cause multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases.

The Host

Jacob Goldstein

Jacob Goldstein spent more than a decade as co-host of the Planet Money podcast. He's also the author of the book Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing, which the New…