Some researchers in Oklahoma found that mice appeared to be protected from conditions such as multiple sclerosis (numbness of the whole body) by drinking six to eight cups of coffee per day.
"This is an exciting finding and unexpected, and I think it could be important for the study of multiple sclerosis and other diseases," said Linda Thompson, from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.
Caffeine prevented adenosine, one of the four building blocks in DNA, mixed with its receptor in mice. Adenosine is common molecule in humans and plays a major role in helping to control the biochemical processes for sleep and suppressing arousal.
Such findings may have important implications for other auto-immune diseases like lupus and arthritis, researchers say it. However, there is still much work to be done in further research because mice are not human, so it may not be too sure whether caffeine will have the same effect in humans are susceptible to multiple sclerosis without further testing.
A total of 2.5 million people worldwide are thought to suffer from multiple sclerosis, disorders of the central nervous system, resulting in loss of muscle coordination.
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