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Multiple Sclerosis societies around the world maintain that the cause and the cure of MS are still unknown. Yet pharmaceutical companies are showing record profits on sales of MS drugs, even though there is no conclusive evidence that they have an effect on the course of the disease. Filmmaker and activist Matt Embry was diagnosed with MS in 1995 and was told there was no cure. His father, Ashton, a research geologist, helped him develop simple dietary and exercise guidelines. He has since remained healthy. Now in his early forties and showing no signs of physically slowing down, he sets his sights on shaking up a system that has so far refused to listen. Treatments by top-tier scientists that have shown major improvement on patients’ mobility have systematically been shut down by big pharma and delays from the FDA since, as Embry argues, they don’t offer the prospect of a marketable product (read: a drug). Perhaps more surprising and shocking is the refusal of some charitable associat

Multiple Sclerosis societies around the world maintain that the cause and the cure of MS are still unknown. Yet pharmaceutical companies are showing record profits on sales of MS drugs, even though there is no conclusive evidence that they have an effect on the course of the disease. Filmmaker and activist Matt Embry was diagnosed with MS in 1995 and was told there was no cure. His father, Ashton, a research geologist, helped him develop simple dietary and exercise guidelines. He has since remained healthy. Now in his early forties and showing no signs of physically slowing down, he sets his sights on shaking up a system that has so far refused to listen. Treatments by top-tier scientists that have shown major improvement on patients’ mobility have systematically been shut down by big pharma and delays from the FDA since, as Embry argues, they don’t offer the prospect of a marketable product (read: a drug). Perhaps more surprising and shocking is the refusal of some charitable associat

Multiple Sclerosis societies around the world maintain that the cause and the cure of MS are still unknown. Yet pharmaceutical companies are showing record profits on sales of MS drugs, even though there is no conclusive evidence that they have an effect on the course of the disease. Filmmaker and activist Matt Embry was diagnosed with MS in 1995 and was told there was no cure. His father, Ashton, a research geologist, helped him develop simple dietary and exercise guidelines. He has since remained healthy. Now in his early forties and showing no signs of physically slowing down, he sets his sights on shaking up a system that has so far refused to listen. Treatments by top-tier scientists that have shown major improvement on patients’ mobility have systematically been shut down by big pharma and delays from the FDA since, as Embry argues, they don’t offer the prospect of a marketable product (read: a drug). Perhaps more surprising and shocking is the refusal of some charitable associat

Dying from diseases like ALS and Alzheimer’s is a tormenting process. The illnesses are on the increase and scientists believe an environmental toxin is to blame. Ellie O’Connell has ALS. She becomes the inspiration that informs scientist Paul Cox in his quest to find a cure. This is a medical and environmental detective story where documentary filmmaker Bo Landin follows Cox and his team around the world in a hunt for the hidden killer. The pieces come together in a toxic puzzle where cyanobacteria in our waters becomes the culprit. Are these organisms, fed by human pollution and climate change, staging nature’s revenge by claiming human lives? This is a story about hope. One by one the puzzle pieces fall into place. Science has opened up doors to a future which is both threatening and yet promising. Their work has created hope for ALS patients and their families. We now know that changing our diet can prevent the toxins from destroying our brains. Maybe soon, the scientists will l

Dying from diseases like ALS and Alzheimer’s is a tormenting process. The illnesses are on the increase and scientists believe an environmental toxin is to blame. Ellie O’Connell has ALS. She becomes the inspiration that informs scientist Paul Cox in his quest to find a cure. This is a medical and environmental detective story where documentary filmmaker Bo Landin follows Cox and his team around the world in a hunt for the hidden killer. The pieces come together in a toxic puzzle where cyanobacteria in our waters becomes the culprit. Are these organisms, fed by human pollution and climate change, staging nature’s revenge by claiming human lives? This is a story about hope. One by one the puzzle pieces fall into place. Science has opened up doors to a future which is both threatening and yet promising. Their work has created hope for ALS patients and their families. We now know that changing our diet can prevent the toxins from destroying our brains. Maybe soon, the scientists will l