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Marijuana cuts cancer tumor growth, prevents Alzheimers
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bacaleula
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4/3/2009 12:22 PM
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LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) - The active ingredient in marijuana appears to reduce tumour growth, according to a Spanish study published on Wednesday.
The researchers showed giving THC to mice with cancer decreased tumour growth and killed cells off in a process called autophagy.
"Our findings support that safe, therapeutically efficacious doses of THC may be reached in cancer patients," Guillermo Velasco of Complutense University in Madrid and colleagues reported in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
The findings add to mixed evidence about the effects of marijuana on human health. Studies have suggested the drug can raise a person's risk of heart attack or stroke and cause cancer.
Other research has shown benefits, such as staving off Alzheimer's, and many doctors view THC as a valuable way to treat weight loss associated with AIDS, and nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy in cancer patients.
Velasco and his team's study included an analysis of two tumours from two people with a highly aggressive brain cancer which showed signs of autophagy after receiving THC.
The researchers said the findings could pave the way for cannabinoid-based drugs to treat cancer, although that approach has so proved unsuccessful when it comes to obesity.
Sanofi-Aventis SA <SASY.PA> in November terminated further development of its cannabinoid drug Acomplia, and Pfizer Inc <PFE.N>, Merck & Co Inc <MRK.N> and Belgium's Solvay <SOLB.BR> have also scrapped similar products recently over health fears.
The drugs, which work by blocking the same receptors in the brain that make people hungry after smoking marijuana, have also been linked to psychiatric side effects, such as depression and suicidal thoughts. (Reporting by Michael Kahn, editing by Maggie Fox and Matthew Jones) |
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Anonymous Coward
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4/3/2009 12:48 PM | |
Anonymous Coward
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4/3/2009 12:49 PM | | Re: Marijuana cuts cancer tumor growth, prevents Alzheimers | Quote |
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Anonymous Coward
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4/3/2009 1:05 PM | |
Anonymous Coward
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4/3/2009 1:08 PM | | Re: Marijuana cuts cancer tumor growth, prevents Alzheimers | Quote |
I've been saying it for years, pot is the miracle cure it shrivels the braincells, thereby starving the tumor Big Farma know it and that's why they supress it |
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EDGEM12011
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4/3/2009 1:57 PM | | Re: Marijuana cuts cancer tumor growth, prevents Alzheimers | Quote |
love it, use it, use the insight u gain to be a better person. |
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J.B.>M
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4/3/2009 2:24 PM | | Re: Marijuana cuts cancer tumor growth, prevents Alzheimers | Quote |
It enraged me when people dont see the Good Marijuana offers
The hemp oil cures cancer! and you still want to call it illegal??? are all of you completely mental? you better outlaw Asprin because thats a drug as well!
Read it and weep, and make sure to write to Obama DEMANDING LEGALIZATION! iam fucking tired of Americas dumbass ignorance!!
Marijuana helps in battle against cancer: study
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — The main chemical in marijuana appears to aid in the destruction of brain cancer cells, offering hope for future anti-cancer therapies, researchers in Spain wrote in a study released Thursday.
The authors from the Complutense University in Madrid, working with scientists from other universities, found that the active component of marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), causes cancer cells to undergo a process called autophagy -- the breakdown that occurs when the cell essentially self-digests.
The research, which appears in the April edition of US-published Journal of Clinical Investigation, demonstrates that THC and related "cannabinoids" appear to be "a new family of potential antitumoral agent."
The authors wrote that the chemical may prove useful in the development of future "antitumoral agents."
The scientists conducted their research on mice, first stimulating the growth of cancer in the lab animals, then injecting them with a daily dose of THC near the site of their tumors.
The researchers also analyzed the tumors of two patients in an experimental trial looking at the effects of THC on a highly aggressive form of brain tumor, and saw findings "in line with the preclinical evidence" first observed in the laboratory mice.
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Anonymous Coward
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4/3/2009 6:17 PM | | Re: Marijuana cuts cancer tumor growth, prevents Alzheimers | Quote |
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Levski
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4/3/2009 6:18 PM | | Re: Marijuana cuts cancer tumor growth, prevents Alzheimers | Quote |
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ThSeeker
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4/3/2009 6:20 PM | | Re: Marijuana cuts cancer tumor growth, prevents Alzheimers | Quote |
I aint to sure about preventing Alzheimers , cause when I am High I cant remember shit.
You know like about the time the high starts wearing off and you say, Oh Shit , I forgot to pick the kids up from school. |
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Anonymous Coward
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4/3/2009 6:28 PM | | Re: Marijuana cuts cancer tumor growth, prevents Alzheimers | Quote |
Yes, I agree, I think it doesn't prevent Alzheimers, it just makes you forget you have it. |
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Anonymous Coward
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4/3/2009 6:44 PM | | Re: Marijuana cuts cancer tumor growth, prevents Alzheimers | Quote |
LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) - The active ingredient in marijuana appears to reduce tumour growth, according to a Spanish study published on Wednesday.
The researchers showed giving THC to mice with cancer decreased tumour growth and killed cells off in a process called autophagy.
"Our findings support that safe, therapeutically efficacious doses of THC may be reached in cancer patients," Guillermo Velasco of Complutense University in Madrid and colleagues reported in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
The findings add to mixed evidence about the effects of marijuana on human health. Studies have suggested the drug can raise a person's risk of heart attack or stroke and cause cancer.
Other research has shown benefits, such as staving off Alzheimer's, and many doctors view THC as a valuable way to treat weight loss associated with AIDS, and nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy in cancer patients.
Velasco and his team's study included an analysis of two tumours from two people with a highly aggressive brain cancer which showed signs of autophagy after receiving THC.
The researchers said the findings could pave the way for cannabinoid-based drugs to treat cancer, although that approach has so proved unsuccessful when it comes to obesity.
Sanofi-Aventis SA <SASY.PA> in November terminated further development of its cannabinoid drug Acomplia, and Pfizer Inc <PFE.N>, Merck & Co Inc <MRK.N> and Belgium's Solvay <SOLB.BR> have also scrapped similar products recently over health fears.
The drugs, which work by blocking the same receptors in the brain that make people hungry after smoking marijuana, have also been linked to psychiatric side effects, such as depression and suicidal thoughts. (Reporting by Michael Kahn, editing by Maggie Fox and Matthew Jones)
Well now we know why some people actually think ruining peoples lives over this plant is such a good strategy. |
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Anonymous Coward
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4/3/2009 7:23 PM | | Re: Marijuana cuts cancer tumor growth, prevents Alzheimers | Quote |
I aint to sure about preventing Alzheimers , cause when I am High I cant remember shit.
You know like about the time the high starts wearing off and you say, Oh Shit , I forgot to pick the kids up from school. Quoting: ThSeeker
that is a short term effect |
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City Cop
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4/3/2009 7:26 PM | | Re: Marijuana cuts cancer tumor growth, prevents Alzheimers | Quote |
it shrivels the braincells Quoting: Anonymous Coward 589518
That figures! |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 481224
4/3/2009 7:28 PM | | Re: Marijuana cuts cancer tumor growth, prevents Alzheimers | Quote |
"pot" just alike many other herbs is a food in itself for the human body and when the body is feed correctely tuumours cancers aids almost any ailments can be healed without effort. |
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Razrin™
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4/3/2009 7:56 PM | | Re: Marijuana cuts cancer tumor growth, prevents Alzheimers | Quote |
See ya. |
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Anonymous Coward
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4/3/2009 7:59 PM | | Re: Marijuana cuts cancer tumor growth, prevents Alzheimers | Quote |
Yes, I agree, I think it doesn't prevent Alzheimers, it just makes you forget you have it. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 628883
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Anonymous Coward
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4/3/2009 8:00 PM | | Re: Marijuana cuts cancer tumor growth, prevents Alzheimers | Quote |
weed saves lives. |
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