Multiple sclerosis 'linked to food bug'

[Jesus Malverde]

A food poisoning bacterium may be implicated in MS, say US researchers.

Lab tests in mice by the team from Weill Cornell Medical College revealed a toxin made by a rare strain of Clostridium perfringens caused MS-like damage in the brain.

And earlier work by the same team, published in PLoS ONE, identified the toxin-producing strain of C. perfringens in a young woman with MS.


But experts urge caution, saying more work is needed to explore the link.

No-one knows the exact cause of Multiple sclerosis (MS), but it is likely that a mixture of genetic and environmental factors play a role. It's a neurological condition which affects around 100,000 people in the UK.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25925658

[JRLeft]

1. Hopefully this discovery will be the first step in finding out the cause of that horrific disease.

Or at least lead to.

[Bigmack]

2. Man... I sure hope the "Nanny State"...

...won't put any money into research on this thing.

We need that $1 Trillion for the F-35.

Zooooooooommmm.... now that's the real America!