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