Canadian scientists have discovered an unknown brain disease (4 photos)

But the local government decided that they were escalating the situation too much and shut down the study of the disease.





Three years ago in the province of New Brunswick, about 40 people consulted doctors during the year. Everyone had different symptoms, but the disease was the same. At first, doctors could not make a diagnosis for a long time, and when they realized that they did not know what could cause both increased salivation and strange sensations on the skin, they decided that it was time to seek help from more highly qualified specialists.

And imagine their surprise when they didn’t say what kind of disease this was. It is believed to be associated with environmental conditions that trigger a disease similar to Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease.

Gradually, 40 people turned into 200, and local scientists began to seriously study this disease.



“All I will say is that my scientific opinion is that there is something real going on in [New Brunswick] that is absolutely impossible to explain by the bias or personal agenda of the individual neurologist,” wrote Michael Coulthart, a renowned microbiologist . "Some cases are best explained by the latter, but there are too many of them (there are now more than 200)."

However, Coulthart complained that he was prohibited from researching the mysterious disease. And they reported that all of his patients suffer from known diseases such as cancer and dementia. But all the patients are young people, and they cannot have dementia. The scientist is confident that “environmental exposures—or a combination of exposures—triggers and/or accelerates various neurodegenerative syndromes.”





Cormier, one of those affected, said she had a passion for figure skating since she was eight years old, adding: "It's been my life." But a mysterious neurological disease similar to dementia left her unable to walk on her own, forcing her to give up ice skating and university studies.

"I believe the truth will emerge over time, but for now all we can do... is continue to collect information on cases that come to us as suspected prion disease." - Michael Coulthart

Journalists submitted a request to the parliamentary health committee by a patient advocacy group in March, but the committee did not respond to a request for comment.



Well, in principle, everything could be attributed to an incompetent scientist who is not able to make a diagnosis. Well, another professor, Samuel Weiss, reported that the government had stopped his efforts to combat the mysterious disease. According to him, the mysterious illness has already struck 350 Canadians and is not going to stop there.

In an email seen by the Guardian, Professor Samuel Weiss, a neuroscientist working for the Canadian federal agency responsible for funding medical research, wrote that the government had deliberately shortened its search for an explanation.

Following publication, a New Brunswick Department of Health spokesperson said: “New Brunswick does not discourage any research in this area. If the health department determines that any additional action is necessary, it will respond accordingly.”