Nervous Disease

A recent study involving cat food may have given researchers clues to diseases of the central nervous system such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Scientists working with pregnant cats found that animals on a special diet of irradiated food began to have problems with movement, including paralysis and vision. The researchers found that the cats' nerve fibers had lost the fatty myelin insulation that helps signals pass along these axons. Once the animals were taken off the diet, their bodies re-establ... Read more »