2nd Canadian Scientist Says, an Investigation Into a Mysterious Brain Illness , Was Shut Down.
The latest senior federal scientist to step forward claims this unknown illness may have impacted 350 people in New Brunswick, 'The Guardian' reports.
In 2021, health officials in the province said that 40 people were found to be suffering from an unknown neurological condition.
One year later, a special committee determined that the patients had been misdiagnosed and were actually suffering from other illnesses.
A leaked email by Professor Samuel Weiss, a neuroscientist with the Canadian federal agency that funds medical research, suggests the government curtailed further investigation.
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In short order, the scientific effort was shut down at the request of the [federal and provincial] governments, Professor Samuel Weiss, scientific director of the Institute of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction, via 'The Guardian'.
I don’t think it is helpful to suggest or point to who or why – suffice to say that we were prepared to marshal both financial and human scientific resources to tackle the mystery, but they were declined, Professor Samuel Weiss, scientific director of the Institute of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction, via 'The Guardian'.
Weiss is the scientific director of the Institute of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
He's also a member of the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame for his neurogenesis research which has pioneered new treatments for a number of degenerative brain diseases.
Earlier this month, another prominent federal scientist, Michael Coulthart, also alleged that he had been barred from further investigation into the unexplained illness
