Article: MacroGenics Licenses Therapeutic Target for Epstein-Barr Virus; Antibody Therapy to be Directed to Superantigen Protein.

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- MacroGenics, Inc. announced the licensing of a therapeutic target induced by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), the cause of infectious mononucleosis ("mono") and certain lymphomas, from EBVax, Inc. and Tufts University.

Building on the findings of Dr. Brigitte Huber and Dr. David Thorley- Lawson, Professors of Pathology at Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts-New England Medical Center and founders of EBVax, MacroGenics will launch a research program to identify treatments to reduce morbidity in patients suffering from the acute and chronic consequences of EBV infection.

Huber and Thorley-Lawson recently reported that EBV induces a ...

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