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Marijuana May Fight Lung Tumors
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
By Charlene Laino
Cannabis may be bad for the lungs, but the active ingredient in marijuana may help combat lung cancer, new research suggests.
In lab and mouse studies, the compound, known as THC, cut lung tumor growth in half and helped prevent the cancer from spreading, says Anju Preet, PhD, a Harvard University researcher in Boston who tested the chemical.
While a lot more work needs to be done, "the results suggest THC has therapeutic potential," she tells WebMD.
Moreover, other early research suggests the cannabis compound could help fight brain, prostate, and skin cancers as well, Preet says.
The findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.
The finding builds on the recent discovery of the body's own cannabinoid system, Preet says. Known as endocannabinoids, the natural cannabinoids stimulate appetite and control pain and inflammation.
In the new study, the researchers first demonstrated that THC inhibited the growth and spread of cells from two different lung cancer cell lines and from patient lung tumors. Then, they injected THC into mice that had been implanted with human lung cancer cells. After three weeks, tumors shrank by about 50 percent, compared with tumors in untreated mice.
Preet notes that animals injected with THC seem to get "high," showing signs of clumsiness and getting the munchies. "You would expect to see the same thing in humans, so if this work does pan out, getting the dose right is going to be all important," she says.
Paul B. Fisher, PhD, a professor of clinical pathology at Columbia University, says that though the work is "interesting," it's still very early.
"The issue with using a drug of this type becomes the window of concentration that will be effective. Can you physiologically achieve what you want without causing unwanted effects?" he tells WebMD.
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| Martha |
I'm feeling very uplifted!
Thanks Nanky!
Tea time anyone?
xxoo,
MM |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
Not surprising. Marijuana and/or hemp is good for alot of things. That's why they try to keep it away from you. |
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| LadyJane |
Best news I've read in a long time.
Ahem...some of us.....have a teflon cancer shield in our bloodstreams.
Insert Joey's Tara Connor's "YES" photo.
LJ. |
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| pdog |
should be legal, end of story. |
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| GotToRollMe |
LOL...my sentiments exactly, LJ!
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
A hemp shirt will out last a cotton shirt by twenty years... or more, Hemp fabric is virtually indestructible.
Adam & Eve could have had their clothes made of hemp instead of animal skins had they listened.
[Edited by Ten Thousand Motels] |
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| pdog |
i smoked alot of shirts back in the day. |
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| LadyJane |
My eyes are getting glassy just thinking about some of the fun I've had with most who have posted in this thread.
Sorry TTM. Ya gotta get to a summit.
LJ.
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| pdog |
quote:
LadyJane wrote:
My eyes are getting glassy just thinking about some of the fun I've had with most who have posted in this thread.
Sorry TTM. Ya gotta get to a summit.
LJ.
I don't think he leaves Maine, and I don't thin The Stones have ever played Maine, have they?
I ask, are there any US states w/o ever having had a Stones gig?
Pot smoking at Stones shows is not a crime! |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
quote:
pdog wrote:
i smoked alot of shirts back in the day.
I prefered skirts to shirts myself. I smoked many a skirt in my day. The panties weren't so bad either. |
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| pdog |
quote:
Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
I prefered skirts to shirts myself. I smoked many a skirt in my day. The panties weren't so bad either.
I have a fondness for putting my mouth on a womans delicate flower...
It's the best place on this planet... |
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| nankerphelge |
http://soundamerica.com/soundamerica/sounds/play.cfm?tpath=/sounds/movies/S-T/Three_Amigos/flower.wav&tname=flower.wav |
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| Joey |
" Cannabis may be bad for the lungs, but the active ingredient in marijuana may help combat lung cancer, new research suggests.
In lab and mouse studies, the compound, known as THC, cut lung tumor growth in half and helped prevent the cancer from spreading, says Anju Preet, PhD, a Harvard University researcher in Boston who tested the chemical.
While a lot more work needs to be done, "the results suggest THC has therapeutic potential," she tells WebMD. "
YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joey W. Lee " please , pass the biscuits pappy " O'Daniel !
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