2008 CVM News: Six to eight 'cups of coffee' a day shown to protect mice from developing MS-like disease, Cornell study finds

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This news item from the Cornell Chronicle is about: High quantities of caffeine may do more than just keep people awake. The stimulant may one day offer researchers a way to prevent multiple sclerosis. Mice given caffeinated water -- in doses equivalent to a person drinking six to eight cups of coffee a day -- were protected from developing an MS-like disease called experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), according to Cornell researchers.