Cannabinoids As Cancer Hope

Cannabinoids As Cancer Hope

“Cannabinoids possess … anticancer activity [and may] possibly represent a new class of anti-cancer drugs that retard cancer growth, inhibit angiogenesis (the formation of new blood vessels) and the metastatic spreading of cancer cells.” So concludes a...
Cannabinoid Treatment: Gliomas

Cannabinoid Treatment: Gliomas

Gliomas (tumors in the brain) are especially aggressive malignant forms of cancer, often resulting in the death of affected patients within one to two years following diagnosis. There is no cure for gliomas and most available treatments provide only minor symptomatic...
Marijuana Kills Brain Cancer Cells

Marijuana Kills Brain Cancer Cells

The findings were published in the April 2009 issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation.  The study showed, conclusively, that THC (the active alkaloid in Cannabis) caused brain cancer cells to undergo a process called autophagy.  This process causes cells to...