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Le_Canard
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Cannabinoids May Inhibit Cancer Cell Invasion
#7802926 - 12/27/07 04:25 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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ScienceDaily (Dec. 27, 2007) — Cannabinoids may suppress tumor invasion in highly invasive cancers, according to a study published online December 25 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Cannabinoids, the active components in marijuana, are used to reduce the side effects of cancer treatment, such as pain, weight loss, and vomiting, but there is increasing evidence that they may also inhibit tumor cell growth. However, the cellular mechanisms behind this are unknown.
Robert Ramer, Ph.D., and Burkhard Hinz, Ph.D., of the University of Rostock in Germany investigated whether and by what mechanism cannabinoids inhibit tumor cell invasion.
Cannabinoids did suppress tumor cell invasion and stimulated the expression of TIMP-1, an inhibitor of a group of enzymes that are involved in tumor cell invasion.
“To our knowledge, this is the first report of TIMP-1-dependent anti-invasive effects of cannabinoids. This signaling pathway may play an important role in the antimetastatic action of cannabinoids, whose potential therapeutic benefit in the treatment of highly invasive cancers should be addressed in clinical trials,” the authors write.
Adapted from materials provided by Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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boxcarguy07
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Re: Cannabinoids May Inhibit Cancer Cell Invasion [Re: Le_Canard]
#7803548 - 12/27/07 11:13 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Re: Cannabinoids May Inhibit Cancer Cell Invasion [Re: boxcarguy07]
#7803777 - 12/27/07 12:10 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Re: Cannabinoids May Inhibit Cancer Cell Invasion [Re: boxcarguy07]
#7803803 - 12/27/07 12:17 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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That's pretty magical. So the same chemical that works like an insect repellent, also works on tumours (there's an older article about the dosal effects of cannabis on lung tumours in rats), yet has no deleterious effects on us. Except the fear.
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Re: Cannabinoids May Inhibit Cancer Cell Invasion [Re: Visionary Tools]
#7803881 - 12/27/07 12:38 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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The cannabis plant surprises me more and more every day....
If only I could get my mom to understand.
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nihilistism
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Re: Cannabinoids May Inhibit Cancer Cell Invasion [Re: LSDaytripper]
#7804113 - 12/27/07 01:43 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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and thats why I'm gunna smoke weed till i die.
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BoomerMan420
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Re: Cannabinoids May Inhibit Cancer Cell Invasion [Re: nihilistism]
#7804327 - 12/27/07 02:47 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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okay when will this news be subjected to the people on commercials ,over the radio ,t.v. and also the thousands of other uses for the plant known as cannabis that we would benefit from like making gas for cars and even biodegradable plastics to clothes rope and cannabis is the most nutritional vegetative plant in the world it has the most essential amino acids to all omega fats 3,6 and 9 and an abundance of other nutrients. so when will this info be widespread I hope it's soon becuase there's people suffering and dying from chemo treatment but dont have a clue of what cannabis can do for them like CURE CANCER or they were convinced it's a horrible plant that the devil made or something of that brainwashing nature brought on by the gov. they would rather pump you full of pills they made that gives them money and you start having side effects more pills more money more money more money you see it's a money thing not a feeling of helping or potentially saving a life they honestly dont care as long as there pockets are fat there pleased the moral of this is society is truly heartbreaking to me I dont know about others but people dying everywhere for money is dreadful.
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Re: Cannabinoids May Inhibit Cancer Cell Invasion [Re: LSDaytripper]
#7804337 - 12/27/07 02:51 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
LSDaytripper said: The cannabis plant surprises me more and more every day....
If only I could get my mom to understand.
Um... and why do you need to make your mom understand?  Are you underage or just need to have mom's approval?
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Re: Cannabinoids May Inhibit Cancer Cell Invasion [Re: MushroomTrip]
#7806221 - 12/28/07 12:13 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Kickass.
One more point for marijuana. I'll laugh if they find out it's very useful in preventing the growth of cancer, while cigarettes cause it!
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Re: Cannabinoids May Inhibit Cancer Cell Invasion [Re: Jorsher]
#7807222 - 12/28/07 11:53 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yup 
Im interested to know whether those cannabinoids can counteract the effects of all the carcinogenic substances that you inhale when you smoke cannabis.
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Le_Canard
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Re: Cannabinoids May Inhibit Cancer Cell Invasion [Re: Floop]
#7807780 - 12/28/07 03:43 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Apparently so, at least according to this study done last year.
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