Exposure to a toxin primarily found in sheep could be linked to the development of multiple sclerosis, a new study suggests.

More than 100,000 people in Britain have been diagnosed with MS, which occurs when the immune system attacks the protective coating surrounding nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.

The condition leads to inflammation, pain, disability and in severe cases, early death, but experts still do not know the underlying cause.

Now researchers at the University of Exeter have discovered that nearly half of the MS sufferers that they studied had been infected at some time in their lives by epsilon toxin.

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