Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Welcome to all the witnesses, and thank you.
My first question is on MS treatment. The Zamboni treatment was discussed here this morning, and actually it's been discussed for a while. Where are we in finding, or trying to find, the cause of the disease? Of course treating the condition is one thing, but I think the key to success would be finding a cause. Associated with this would be early detection of the symptoms, or really of the disease. That would probably greatly help in stopping the progression of the disease.
This is to whoever wants to address it. We briefly touched on it at the last meeting with Dr. Krewski and others who were there. Is there any international cooperation in the studies so that we don't reinvent the wheel and every single country doesn't have to repeat the same process of clinical studies? Is there a way of exchanging information?