The Data is Very Strong: Marijuana Plant Extract Stops Cancers From Spreading

[Unknown Beatle]

The data is very strong and there's no toxicity associated with a compound found in cannabis could halt the spread of many forms of aggressive cancer, scientists say.

The first research to show marijuana's anti-tumor properties was presented at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Los Angeles in 2007 demonstrating that THC may activate biological pathways that halt cancer cell division or block development of blood vessels that feed tumors.

It then became a target of synthetic research into THC for drugs such as ImClone System Inc.'s Erbitux and Amgen Inc.'s Vectibix.

Researchers have now found that the compound, called cannabidiol, had the ability to ‘switch off’ the gene responsible for metastasis in an aggressive form of breast cancer. Importantly, this substance does not produce the psychoactive properties of the cannabis plant.

The team from the California Pacific Medical Center, in San Francisco, first spotted its potential five years ago, after it stopped the proliferation of human breast cancer cells in the lab.

Last year they published a study that found a similar effect in mice. Now they say they are on the verge of publishing further animal study results that expand these results further. -

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[Warpy]

1. Interesting, could revolutionize treatment

by keeping tumors smaller and localized. Cancer would then become another chronic illness needing medical management instead of a fairly rapid killer.

Well, that's if we can afford the medicine.

[DJ13]

2. So they know a natural compound works, but they insist on making synthetic?

[Unknown Beatle]

3. That's because natural marijuana is dangerous.

Haven't you seen Reefer Madness? It's based on real life experiences within the GOP and religious right mindset.

[DJ13]

4. You're probably right

I was thinking it was so the pharma companie$ could patent it.

[awoke_in_2003]

10. Synthetics can be patented...

believe, once they get a synthetic those will be legal (and costly).

[Cha]

5. Not only that..

Recent studies have shown it to be an effective atypical anti-psychotic in treating schizophrenia. CBD also interferes with the amount of THC your brain processes, balancing the psychotropic effect of marijuana. That is precisely why the power of raw cannabis is turning heads.

thanks UB

[spartan61]

6. Big pharma will never allow this.

They don't want a cure for cancer because they would lose billions. My husband passed away on March 27 of brain cancer and I would have given anything to get some cannabis to try to treat him with it instead of the radiation and chemo that helped to kill him. Since "Run from the Cure" has exposed this, hopefully we the people can expose all the fraud. Google this to see the UTube videos. Very interesting and informative.

[JaneyVee]

8. So sorry to hear about your loss. I agree with you, there's more money in keeping people sick

than there is in curing them.

[Firebrand Gary]

12. I'm sorry to hear of the loss of your husband.

I agree with you, Big Pharma, in my opinion, is the entity behind the curtain. Marijuana has shown to be a great RX for many ailments. So many, it scares the hell out of Big Pharma.

[JaneyVee]

7. Another testament to marijuana's sheer awesomeness.

[Fumesucker]

9. I have good news and I have bad news

The good news is we've found something that will cure your cancer.

The bad news is you're gonna die.

[Javaman]

11. And this is the path by which pot becomes legal or at least pot derived elements...

someone is able to make a profit off of it.

Right now the "war on drugs" makes more money then if pot were legal, until that flips pot won't be legal anytime soon.

However, I do find it very interesting how there have been several articles over the last several months that are showing various drugs synthesized from pot to hold very promising things for cancer and other diseases. Perhaps there is a subtle push in the medical field that is trying to find an end run to the legalization of pot.

[blackspade]

13. Yay!

I bet you could just bread a strain that does what the synthetic does and cancer patients could just grow it themselves.
But that would cut out Big Pharma, and they won't let that happen.
They want to be your pusher, and no one else.

[red dog 1]

14. Big Pharma won't like it, but who cares?

Ties to Big Pharma might be the reason why Obama broke his campaign promise not to raid medical pot dispensaries in states where they're legal.

[red dog 1]

15. Thanks for posting this.