A paralyzing disease that can cause people to die within 4 years is spreading in part of Australia, and toxic algae blooms could be to blame

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Motor neuron diseases progressively attack nerve cells, reducing one's ability to speak, move, and breathe and typically killing patients within two to fours years after diagnosis.

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Motor neuron diseases progressively attack nerve cells, reducing one's ability to speak, move, and breathe and typically killing patients within two to fours years after diagnosis, researchers told theRates of deaths due to MND have risen 250 percent over the past 30 years in Australia, Macquarie University scientists told the Herald. MND sufferers and scientists are trying to understand why certain areas of the country have especially high rates, which led them to the algae theory.

, meaning people should avoid fishing and swimming in the potentially toxic water, as well as drinking it.suggests that BMAA could be one of many factors that leads to the development of motor neuron deterioration.in other algae-infested waterways in the Riverina area, but they haven't yet confirmed a link to MND. It's likely that the neurodegenerative disease stems from a combination of genetic and environmental factors.

Even in genetically predisposed cases of MND, environmental stressors like algae blooms could contribute to the disease's onset and progression, Dominic Rowe, chair of Macquarie Neurology, told the Herald. But more research is needed to better understand how those factors interact. "Until we actually, systematically study the genetic causes and take them out of the environment, it's hard to be 100 percent accurate about the environmental factors," Rowe said.

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