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Marijuana Ingredient May Reduce Tumors: Study
Posted by CN Staff on April 01, 2009 at 15:02:03 PT
By Reuters
Source: Reuters
London -- The active ingredient in marijuana appears to reduce tumor growth, according to a Spanish study published on Wednesday. The researchers showed giving THC to mice with cancer decreased tumor 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 tumors 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 in November terminated further development of its cannabinoid drug Acomplia, and Pfizer Inc, Merck & Co Inc and Belgium's Solvay 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.Source: Reuters (Wire)Published: Wednesday, April 1, 2009Copyright: 2009 Thomson ReutersCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml
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Comment #13 posted by konagold on April 03, 2009 at 00:21:25 PT
Hope
HopeMahalo
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Comment #12 posted by Hope on April 02, 2009 at 22:24:33 PT
Konagold
The depth of your dedication to this fight is more understandable than ever.There's nothing anyone can say that can help at all in the face of that kind of grief. If there was, I'd be praying to know what it was so I could say it to you. I just wanted to say something so that you would know I heard you and that I am devastated at the grief, and pain, and sorrow you and your baby went through. I certainly didn't want you to think that I ignored or missed what you've told us.Thank you for bearing up under such a burden and doing all you have and trying to maybe allow that help to someday be available to other Ryans.
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Comment #11 posted by afterburner on April 02, 2009 at 21:20:38 PT
Hope #9
"No pleasure, no learning; no learning, no pleasure." -- Wang Ken, 4th Century poet and philosopher.
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Comment #10 posted by konagold on April 02, 2009 at 21:06:06 PT
this is very old old old news
in 1975 the report titled the "antioneoplastic activity of cannabinoids" demonstrated the effect cited aboveas a parent of a 7 year old who got a terminal diagnosis of an undifferentiated abdominal sarcoma in dec. 1979 with a 3 month life expectancy and who was then asked if I could get any 'grass' by the boys oncologist and who subsequently not only witnessed the control of "uncontrolable dry heaves" in a small boy with over one hundred fresh stitches in his gut after only one hit of 'konagold' administered in Kaipolani Childrens hospital in Honolulu and who also witnessed him gaining a 18 month timespan rather than only 3 prior to passing: I have been outraged ever since I discovered this buried report in 1993had I known in 1980 of the existence of the then 5 year old report I would have supplied even MORE Cannabis to Ryanhowever the stigma stated to Ryan from others undermined his belief of us providing this CANCER CURE to himI testified repeatedly about Ryan and repeatedly submitted copies of the antineoplastic activity of cannabinoids over 3 legislative sessions and told of our experience in Hawaii's legislature and was subsequently invited to the Governors office when Hawaii became the first state to legalize medicinal Cannabis through the legislature rather than ballot initiativethe Cannabis laws are not only RACIST AND SEXIST [proof: the term 'marijuana' which is Mexican slang-the Racist part- implying it takes two women Mary and Jane to satisfy the sexual desires supposedly resulting from Cannabis-the Sexist part by objectifying women] but cruel and unusual punishment of the sickshame on any judge cop or jailer who receives any part of their salary to further this evil inhumanity to the PEOPLE
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Comment #9 posted by Hope on April 02, 2009 at 09:33:09 PT
Exactly, Dongenero.
That's what infuriated me so about this article. nnAcomplia is a cannabinoid receptor blocker... not a cannabinoid at all, and the way it's worded, it's made to sound like they don't want to pursue cannabinoid based medicines because they are dangerous. The blockers are what's dangerous. Not the cannabinoids.I'm worried about the pleasure/reward blocker thing that's supposed to help people quit smoking. Chantix, I think it's called. It sounds like exactly the same thing as Acomplia and similar drugs.One of my children is taking it to quit smoking and she said that it does indeed have a flattening effect about everything... including enjoying food, which might counter effect the weight gain from smoking... but it seems so dangerous. What if it accidentally blocks the so called "Pleasure and reward" element permanently by damaging it somehow? No pleasure or feeling "rewarded" in life, about anything? That is horrible.
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Comment #8 posted by dongenero on April 02, 2009 at 08:21:49 PT
oh.........
so Acomplia is that cannabinoid antagonist that was in the news in the past. I believe they determined that when you block the cannabinoid receptors, depression, flat emotion, suicidal thoughts happened.I guess Reuters got this thing so messed up it makes no sense at all!
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Comment #7 posted by dongenero on April 02, 2009 at 08:17:43 PT
patents are the real reason......
"Sanofi-Aventis SA in November terminated further development of its cannabinoid drug Acomplia, and Pfizer Inc, Merck & Co Inc and Belgium's Solvay have also scrapped similar products recently over health fears."I highly doubt these companies are stepping away out of health fears. Cannabis is among the most benign substances one could take.No, the real reason is likely that the US Government has filed the patents on medical cannabis. These companies will not pursue an expensive drug development program when they cannot have the patent. These reporters are so lame. Just take the talking points you receive and print them. Geez-whatever you do, don't give it any thought, Reuters. http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6630507.html
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Comment #6 posted by Hope on April 01, 2009 at 17:04:25 PT
What an amazingly convoluted way of saying
that the manufactured drugs they were speaking of were made to block natural cannabinoid receptors. Acomplia, as I understand it, was a drug to block cannabinoids. It was first developed as a drug to stop or "Treat" cannabis use. They make it sound like it was a cannabinoid, itself. "Sanofi-Aventis SA in November terminated further development of its cannabinoid drug Acomplia, and Pfizer Inc, Merck & Co Inc and Belgium's Solvay 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.. Good grief."I suppose that it could be like saying, "That's a hair ribbon"... even though it's not made of hair. For this type of article, it sounds as though it's purposely confusing. Enough so that it's like an effort to deceive.The wording of this article has a deceptive quality to it... like that it is a cannabinoid, itself, and was dangerous... when it was a cannabinoid receptor blocker that is dangerous... not a cannabinoid.What a poorly written article. (And I will admit that my response to it is rather poorly written too, but I'm not a professional news reporter.)
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Comment #5 posted by Sam Adams on April 01, 2009 at 16:16:10 PT
reuters
incredible news of a powerful cure that we already have - and Reuters reduces it to a story about Big PharmaWhat a surprise - I could have saved them a lot of money - use cannabis drugs to INCREASE appetite, not decrease it you fools
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Comment #4 posted by FoM on April 01, 2009 at 15:22:28 PT
Cheebs1 Thank You
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread24666.shtml
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Comment #3 posted by HempWorld on April 01, 2009 at 15:14:21 PT
Thanks Reuters for putting a negative spin on this
otherwise great news!". Studies have suggested the drug can raise a person's risk of heart attack or stroke and cause cancer."Oh, which studies are those? I have not seen these 'studies' in my lifetime."smoking marijuana, have also been linked to psychiatric side effects, such as depression and suicidal thoughts."I must not be using the same marijuana as in the above 'study.'
On a mission from God!
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Comment #2 posted by Cheebs1 on April 01, 2009 at 15:13:04 PT:
Cannabis Cures Brain Cancer
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/hscout/2009/04/01/hscout625697.htmlFound this related article in Forbes. Seems like financial people might want the "heads up" that they should start investing in cannabis research as the cure for cancer. I certainly wish that were true. Peace, Love, and Pot
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on April 01, 2009 at 15:03:48 PT
We Know
Cannabis is good medicine. So many people deprived of cannabis that are dying of cancer. It breaks my heart.
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