As long-time readers of this blog will know, I’m not a fan of cytomegalovirus (CMV), a herpesvirus that is usually asymptomatic, but causes all sorts of bad things like immune aging and birth defects.
1. Interesting, though "at $65 for a test (and probably an hour of time traveling to the site and getting tested)" - it IS too much trouble to get tested. I doubt, that lab is getting a lot of CMV-customers ..., or do they? There are some other viruses around, too. When the vaccine is out, then I might reconsider.
2. More urgently interested in vaccines for the Epstein-Barr-virus - essential to develop multiple sclerosis (one of my sons got MS) - and also each year making millions feel awfully sick for 2-4 weeks - any news? ( other than this: https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/spotlight/2024/06/vidd-mcguire-cell.html
1. Interesting, though "at $65 for a test (and probably an hour of time traveling to the site and getting tested)" - it IS too much trouble to get tested. I doubt, that lab is getting a lot of CMV-customers ..., or do they? There are some other viruses around, too. When the vaccine is out, then I might reconsider.
2. More urgently interested in vaccines for the Epstein-Barr-virus - essential to develop multiple sclerosis (one of my sons got MS) - and also each year making millions feel awfully sick for 2-4 weeks - any news? ( other than this: https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/spotlight/2024/06/vidd-mcguire-cell.html
Any chance of it providing some effect for those already infected? (As I almost certainly am).