Can this be for real? The secret to healing spinal cord injuries is...blue M&Ms?

[BlueIris]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/5921266/Blue-MandMs-mend-spinal-injuries.html

[FirstLight]

1. In posted this on my FB when I saw it...lol

Poor mousie!

I still have to ask though, is this really relevant research? could the $$ be spent more effectively?

the colors are so freaking toxic that they cause all kinds of weirdness...
I know for a fact that my youngest is HIGHLY sensitive to red 40...makes him nutso...

so would the benefit outweigh the costs? and WHY do they have to mutilate poor little mousies? and where did they get the idea? is it because the dye has chemical components close to some other neuro-drug?

kinda sets off the :scared: alarm...