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Research by St. George’s University of London recently
studied the treatment of brain cancer tumors by using cannabis and has found that
the herb can have a dramatic effect on shrinking tumors in

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esearch by St. George’s University of London recently
studied the treatment of brain cancer tumors by using cannabis and has found that
the herb can have a dramatic effect on shrinking tumors in the brain. In fact,
the lab tests consisted of combining the active chemical components of
cannabis, known widely as cannabinoids, to create an effective treatment in
treating brain cancer in mice.

Specifically, the mixture of THC and CBD were used for
testing purposes against the brain cancer. Over 5,200 lives each year are
claimed by brain cancer and it is known to be extremely difficult to treat,
according to MedicalExpress.com. The survival
rate of an individual five years after they are diagnosed is only 10 percent.

Cannabinoids are known as the active chemicals in the herb,
and more specifically referred to as phytocannabinoids. Currently, is it
already known that there are at least 85 known cannabinoids in the cannabis
plant. However, this new study revealed that there was a drastic effect when
mixing THC and CBD with irradiation. The tumors found in test mice were
drastically slowed down in growth after the cannabis/irradiation application.

“The results are extremely exciting. The tumors were treated
in a variety of ways, either with no treatment, the cannabinoids alone, and
irradiation alone, or with both the cannabinoids and irradiation at the same
time,” stated Dr. Wai Lie, a Senior Research Fellow and lead researcher for the
study. Aside from the announcement of the study’s discovery, the research has
also been published in the Molecular
Cancer Therapeutics
journal, detailing how the team used a dose of 14
millimolars (mM) of THC to treat the glioma cells (or tumors that grows on the
brain or spinal cord), which was later lessened to seven, followed by the
implementation of irradiation.

Dr. Liu is excited to share the discovery, elaborating on
the details of how he and his team uncovered such success in an article he
wrote for TheConversation.com. “Those
treated with both irradiation and the cannabinoids saw the most beneficial
results and a drastic reduction in size. In some cases, the tumors effectively
disappeared in the animals. This augurs well for further research in humans in
the future. At the moment this is a mostly fatal disease,” Dr. Liu wrote.
 

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Circumstances for current and future cancer patients are
looking up as researchers slowly begin to unravel the scientific mysteries of
these plants. “The benefits of the cannabis plant elements were known before,
but the drastic reduction of brain cancers if used with irradiation is
something new and may well prove promising for patients who are in gravely
serious situations with such cancers in the future.” The team of researchers is
currently working on utilizing the THC/cannabinoids hybrid dose with
irradiation on humans in a future trial.

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