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Brain cancer and Marijuana

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Cannabis has two sides are very contradictory, the most surprising thing on the reader when there is news that a very large marijuana benefits when we use it wisely, but vice versa, if we make marijuana is as satisfying desires then we consume marijuana is bad for health. If we ask what the benefits of medical marijuana in the world in fact has a positive effect in preventing brain cancer, this fact is based on the results of research conducted by Guillermo Velasco and his colleagues at the Complutense University, Spain.

The results of this study indicate that the active substance in marijuana, THC, increased autophagy process in brain cancer cells. Autophagy is a process by which cells commit suicide by destroying organela-organela in these cells.

The research team found that substances like THC canaboid groups have anti-cancer effects in rats with cancer cells and patients with brain tumors. When mice with human cancer cells are exposed to THC, the growth of cancer cells tend to be inhibited and even reduced. (more…)

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