Researchers find link between vitamin D, MS susceptibility gene

For the first time, researchers have found a direct link between vitamin D deficiency and the risk of developing multiple sclerosis in people with a genetic predisposition for the disease.

The study by a team of Canadian and British researchers suggests that too little of the "sunlight vitamin" in a mother during pregnancy and a child's early years may boost the risk of that child developing MS later in life. The researchers found that proteins activated by vitamin D in the body bind to a...

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