By Daily Mail Reporter Breakthrough? Scientists at Baltimore University found MS is rare near the equator Vitamin D may be able to combat multiple sclerosis, researchers said yesterday. They discovered that it can block the migration of destructive cells to the brain, which causes the condition. This could help explain anecdotal reports that the ‘sunshine vitamin’ prevents or eases symptoms. MS is most commonly found far from the equator, where there is less sunshine to trigger production of vitamin D in the skin. The disease is caused by the body’s own immune defences damaging myelin, a fatty insulating sheath that surrounds nerve fibres and is vital to the proper transmission of nerve signals.
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Disease is most common far from the equator, Baltimore researchers found
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Tests on mice suppressed amounts of T-cells found near brain and spine
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Scientists warn care needs to be taken as Vitamin D is a hormone
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