Cannabis plant extract 'could stop aggressive cancers from spreading'

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Cannabis plant extract 'could stop aggressive cancers from spreading'

* Compound in the plant does not produce psychoactive properties of cannabis
* Found not only to stop breast cancer cells from acting 'crazy' but also to return to normal cells
A compound found in cannabis could halt the spread of many forms of aggressive cancer, scientists say.

Researchers 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.

Speaking to the San Francisco Chronicle, study co-leader Dr Sean McAllister, said: 'The preclinical trial data is very strong, and there's no toxicity. There's really a lot or research to move ahead with and to get people excited.'

While he, along with colleague Dr Pierre Desprez acknowledge that they are some way off from turning their finding into a pill, they are already developing human trial models. They hope to eventually test the drug in combination with current chemotherapies.
Professor Desprez had previously found that a protein called ID-1 seemed to play a role in causing breast cancer to spread. Meanwhile Dr McAllister had discovered the cannabidiol had anti-cancer potential.
The pair teamed up to see if they could treat a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer called 'triple negative.' This form, which affects 15 per cent of patients, doesn't have three hormone receptors that the most successful therapies target. Cells from this cancer have high levels of ID-1.

When they exposed cells from this cancer to cannabidiol they were shocked to find the cells not only stopped acting 'crazy' but also returned to a healthy normal state.

They discovered that the compound had turned off the overexpression of ID-1, stopping them from travelling to distant tissues.

Other potentially treatable cancers are forms of leukaemia, lung, ovarian and brain cancers, which also have high levels of ID-1.

Dr Desprez has a particular reason for wanting to create a treatment as quickly as possible - his sister was recently diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer at the age of 41.

Her condition is currently receptive to hormone therapies but Professor Desprez fears it could recur in a form that lacks hormone receptors.

He said: 'I want to be ready for that. There is a deadline.'


source daily mail

[Meat-Head]

so smoke this, no canceer

[Snowy79]

All we need now is a drug that turns us into rats which were used to gather the data, then another drug to turn us back into humans after the cancer has been cured.

Every year scientists come out with wonder cures. Normally around about the time their funds are running low to get extra publicity and hopefully more funding. I've lost count of the amount of wonder cures throughout the years that have almost been found then never surface.

[super jumbe]

If this was true when are we getting cannabis on open car boot market etc????. (CANNABIS SAVE LIVES)

[johnboy1974]

Yes it's well known that cannabis oil extracted can reduce and slow down cancer significantly.
I remember watching a movie about it on you tube, a guy called rick Simpson found a way to extract the oil from hemp and went about supplying and curing hundreds of Americans who were diagnosed terminal.
They sent him to jail for it, but check out his video on YouTube. Rick Simpson run from the cure.


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[racin-snake]

cannabanoids have been well known for years to be of significant medical use and still are and in fact have been tested in the past (then the good results suppressed)


the inane stupidity (by the government) to class cannabis as a class B drug and then further to class C(only in the last few years was it dropped in classification from class A to class B then to class C ) that the medical research / testing has been inhibited due this classification in the prior years

the class C drugs which in fact states in law that it has defined medical uses as opposed to class A ..which are categorised as having no medical use

and now does not directly accept that psychotropic uses are the only uses for cannabis or maraguana (the Americanised term for the plant )


also vaporisers and extracted oils an be used as stated so no need to smoke owt just inhale (or eat the paste )

or if yer Bill Clinton don't inhale

needs a lot more investigation but tests done in the past and then scrapped were quite conclusive of the medical issues stated as there are a few cannabanoids in the plant and its uses as a crop for various fabrics and textiles alone are inhibited due to its drug classification as legally it cannot be grown as a crop

shame really as its uses are well established as a safe and natural substitute for some products produced by the petro-chemical industry !

but have a look at the evidence and also "Run From The Cure" as posted above

might make the actual evidence the film shows worth a follow up then have a research for yourself ?

Every year scientists come out with wonder cures. Normally around about the time their funds are running low to get extra publicity and hopefully more funding. I've lost count of the amount of wonder cures throughout the years that have almost been found then never surface.

saying this is a "conspiracy theory" aint it snowy ? so are the other theories just shyte except the ones you absorb and comment on ?

[rds60h]

Because an extract from the cannabis plant has been found to be useful in the treatment of cancer does not mean that cannabis use is therefore OK.
Cocaine and Opiates (of which Heroin is a derivative) have been and still are used in Medical situations, but again does not make their used as "recreational" drugs acceptable.
Sorry, but I am of the belief of "Just say No!"

[racin-snake]

Because an extract from the cannabis plant has been found to be useful in the treatment of cancer does not mean that cannabis use is therefore OK.
Cocaine and Opiates (of which Heroin is a derivative) have been and still are used in Medical situations, but again does not make their used as "recreational" drugs acceptable.
Sorry, but I am of the belief of "Just say No!"

"JUST SAY NO "

as in fact the governments statement is just say no

AND then drop in classification ....what's really needed is a look into the real uses
as opposed to the issues with a few folk having a smoke and the psychotropic side of the issue

its cutting the nose off to spite the face not to aint it ?

its far overdue the research as to ...if and where natural remedies and or natural systems can cure or relieve symptom of whatever ailments not just cancer

as even abuse of pharma drugs is rampant but it don't stop them producing stuff like temazapam and other widely used drugs for recreational use !

[tshirtman]

"JUST SAY NO "

as in fact the governments statement is just say no

AND then drop in classification ....what's really needed is a look into the real uses
as opposed to the issues with a few folk having a smoke and the psychotropic side of the issue

its cutting the nose off to spite the face not to aint it ?

its far overdue the research as to ...if and where natural remedies and or natural systems can cure or relieve symptom of whatever ailments not just cancer

as even abuse of pharma drugs is rampant but it don't stop them producing stuff like temazapam and other widely used drugs for recreational use !

usual shite to defend illegal drug use, " let's compare pharmaceutical medication to cannabis"
how can you compare Tamazepam to cannabis, anti-psychotics are a controlled drug, prescribed by doctors, what people do with there meds after getting them from the chemist is there idiotic responsibility, and there prescribed for a medical reasons, not for recreational use.
drugs derived from cannabis are already used to treat cancer patients to increase there appetite and for pain relief.
natural remedies did Steve Jobs a whole load of good didn't they.

[racin-snake]

unfortunately your attempting to preach to the initiated

usual shite to defend illegal drug use, " let's compare pharmaceutical medication to cannabis"
how can you compare Tamazepam to cannabis, anti-psychotics are a controlled drug, prescribed by doctors, what people do with there meds after getting them from the chemist is there idiotic responsibility, and there prescribed for a medical reasons, not for recreational use.
drugs derived from cannabis are already used to treat cancer patients to increase there appetite and for pain relief.
natural remedies did Steve Jobs a whole load of good didn't they.

for informations sake (also to show no bias )

i don't take any meds nor do i take cannabis nor any other drugs including alcohol

my post was to show no matter what ya do with pharma drugs or indeed herbal cannabis its gonna be abused fact
all the above facts (regarding the misuse) i clearly DO NOT condone
not defending anything just saying it has its uses and is no more of a danger than prescribed drugs

in fact to clear your obvious worries
the side effects for cannabis have been far less detrimental than drugs the government are now making tax money from
ie alcohol and nicotine

so my friend "no defence" !..................... just the "hard facts mate" !!!

just to add save the research (and the post prior) being misled tamazepam is a "HYPNOTIC"
not as stated by Tshirtman AN "ANTIPHSYCOTIC " please read = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temazepam

but feel free to discuss pharma drugs over cannabis as i think you'l open a can of worms due to peer reviews and so on and including testing to be flawed to the point of fraudulence please feel free to research this as its FACT !

[firestorm]

usual shite to defend illegal drug use, " let's compare pharmaceutical medication to cannabis"
how can you compare Tamazepam to cannabis, anti-psychotics are a controlled drug, prescribed by doctors, what people do with there meds after getting them from the chemist is there idiotic responsibility, and there prescribed for a medical reasons, not for recreational use.
drugs derived from cannabis are already used to treat cancer patients to increase there appetite and for pain relief.
natural remedies did Steve Jobs a whole load of good didn't they.

Steve Jobs never used cannabis as part of his treatment he may have used it as a recreational drug along with LSD in his youth.The only drug allowed in this country from cannabis is Sativex and it is so expensive that most GP will not prescribe it.There is more and more evidence coming out each week about the useful effects of cannabinoid's.In Human Beings we have different types of cannabinoid receptor, CB1 and CB2, which are found in different locations and do different things. CB2 receptors are mostly found in cells from the immune system.scientists have found that endocannabinoids and cannabinoid receptors are involved in a vast array of functions in our bodies, including helping to control brain and nerve activity (including memory and pain), energy metabolism, heart function, the immune system and even reproduction. Because of this molecular multitasking, they?re implicated in a huge range of illnesses, from cancer to neurodegenerative diseases.scientists have discovered that various cannabinoids have a wide range of effects in the lab, including:
Triggering cell death, through a mechanism called apoptosis,Stopping cells from dividing,Preventing new blood vessels from growing into tumours,Reducing the chances of cancer cells spreading through the body, by stopping cells from moving or invading neighbouring tissue,Speeding up the cell?s internal ?waste disposal machine? ? a process known as autophagy ? which can lead to cell death.
So far, the best results in the lab or animal models have come from using a combination of highly purified THC and cannabidiol.In experiments with mice, animals given very high doses of purified THC seemed to have a lower risk of developing cancer, and there has been some research suggesting that endocannabinoids (cannabinoids produced by the body yes prooduced by your own body)) can suppress tumour growth.
Even Cancer Research UK has funded research into cannabinoids, notably the work of Professor Chris Paraskeva in Bristol investigating the properties of cannabinoids as part of his research into the prevention and treatment of bowel cancer. He has published a number of papers detailing lab experiments looking at endocannabinoids as well as THC, and written an interesting review looking at the potential of cannabinoids for treating bowel cancer.
So if cannabis is so bad why dose the body have cannabinoid receptors are they there to look good or do they have a real purpose?

[Snowy79]

The problem with a lot of studies into any medication and the relevant papers published, is that the majority of the experts that discover cures are all funded one way or another by a pharmaceutical company. If things aren't written in a certain way they'll find someone who will. Some do it for the money and some for the ability to work in the most advanced laboratories there are.

Ultimately if some of this stuff was as good as its meant to be I'm sure the Billionaires and Multi millionaires that have died from some of these diseases would have splashed the cash for the cure. The fact that it wasn't licensed wouldn't make a difference. You'd also have countries that want to screw the American economy producing the stuff and releasing it. If it worked with today's media it would never be kept quiet.

The USA and Uk already have places licensed to grow pharmaceutical cannabis and allegedly they have extracted the beneficial properties and made some medicines. They've also allegedly made synthetic copies of these extracts which again allegedly works and is safer than the natural extracts.

I can't prove any of this as I've only seen released papers which may or not be bull. Mind you, if I watch a video on You Tube it must be true.

[firestorm]

Talking about youtube
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1jB7RBGVGk]Reefer Madness Trailer Great marijuana movie - YouTube[/ame]
That is some of the bad propaganda cannabis has faced for the last 80+ years why
Sex maniac, axe killer
Cannabis like you said can be made synthetic but it cost 170 times more than it dose to extract the same amount from a plant.Large pharmaceutical company know the benefits of cannabis so its in there best interest to keep cannabis as a evil nasty drug with no medical benefits ie class b.As for being safer how can you get something safer then a natural grown plant that has been used for 10000 of years world wide and has zero death attributed to it.

[smirnoff_rules]

l thinks most of these drugs make u live for ever
? look at these old rock stars ,, in there 80's heads full of hair

[firestorm]

Totaly agree never thought of that before