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Title: Groundbreaking Study Shows Cannabis Can Counter Alzheimer’s Disease
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Free Thought Project/Salk Institute
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/me ... s-disease/#gte0HiIG0CAj7MXZ.99
Published: Jul 5, 2016
Author: Justin Gardner
Post Date: 2016-07-06 07:51:10 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 3590
Comments: 27
As the baby boom generation begins to reach age 65 and beyond, the number of people with Alzheimer’s disease is escalating rapidly. This debilitating condition causes deterioration of thinking skills and memory, leading to the inability to recognize loved ones or carry out basic tasks. It is the 6th leading cause of death in the U.S. About 5.4 million Americans now live with Alzheimer’s disease, and that number is expected to rise to 13.8 million by 2050 if no prevention or cure is developed. Fortunately, medical research is beginning to understand the mechanisms of the disease, which is paving the way for treatments. Among the most promising is the use of medical cannabis. In January we reported on a clinical study by Israeli researchers which showed that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)—the main active ingredient in cannabis—caused a “significant reduction” in mental illness severity, particularly with regard to irritability, aggression/agitation, delusions and insomnia. A new study carried out by the Salk Institute is providing insight into the way medical cannabis actually counters the degenerative effects of Alzheimer’s disease. “Salk Institute scientists have found preliminary evidence that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other compounds found in marijuana can promote the cellular removal of amyloid beta, a toxic protein associated with Alzheimer’s disease. While these exploratory studies were conducted in neurons grown in the laboratory, they may offer insight into the role of inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease and could provide clues to developing novel therapeutics for the disorder. “Although other studies have offered evidence that cannabinoids might be neuroprotective against the symptoms of Alzheimer’s, we believe our study is the first to demonstrate that cannabinoids affect both inflammation and amyloid beta accumulation in nerve cells,” says Salk Professor David Schubert, the senior author of the paper.” Amyloid beta accumulations within nerve cells of the brain are a major component of plaque deposits, which are the signature of Alzheimer’s disease. Although much is still unknown about how this process develops, the application of THC and related compounds appears to protect the nerve cells from dying. Again, we see the miraculous potential of cannabis to treat ailments through its anti-inflammatory properties, by stimulating the body’s endocannabinoid system. Inflammation is believed to be the cause of many diseases. “Inflammation within the brain is a major component of the damage associated with Alzheimer’s disease, but it has always been assumed that this response was coming from immune-like cells in the brain, not the nerve cells themselves,” says Antonio Currais, a postdoctoral researcher in Schubert’s laboratory and first author of the paper. “When we were able to identify the molecular basis of the inflammatory response to amyloid beta, it became clear that THC-like compounds that the nerve cells make themselves may be involved in protecting the cells from dying.” Subsequent experimentation showed that the application of THC “reduced amyloid beta protein levels and eliminated the inflammatory response from the nerve cells caused by the protein, thereby allowing the nerve cells to survive.” This promising treatment for Alzheimer’s disease is yet another way that the miraculous cannabis plant provides medical benefits to a host of human ailments. It is past time for governments to give up their senseless, immoral prohibition of cannabis so the remaining barriers to medical research can be cleared.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
"Groundbreaking Study Shows Cannabinoids -- Isolated, Purified, and Concentrated -- Found in Cannabis Can Affect Neurons in a Petri Dish." Fixed it.
Attaboy! So, you think the research is bullshit. I expected no less from a cretin like you. Nope. I said the headline was bullshit.
Give up, he surely has stock in big pharma. We sure don't want to help sick people if it causes big pharma losses on the stock market. I do not go to church every time the doors are opened, but I love Jesus Christ. I am only human and fail Him daily. I believe Jesus is the Son of God, was born of a virgin, was crucified on a cross, died for my sins and rose from the dead and that He loves us dearly, and is faithful to forgive us of our sins. But He says that if you deny me in front of your friends I will deny you in front of my Father. Can I get an Amen!
Read it slowly ... move your lips if it helps: 'In January we reported on a clinical study by Israeli researchers which showed that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) — the main active ingredient in cannabis — caused a “significant reduction” in mental illness severity, particularly with regard to irritability, aggression/agitation, delusions and insomnia.' A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. If that shit is such a cure all, why hasn't it improved upon your stupidity?
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Nope. I said the headline was bullshit. Researchers have shown that a misleading headline can do damage despite genuine attempts to accurately comprehend an article. The research was led by psychologist Ullrich K. H. Ecker of the University of Western Australia, conclude in a new paper in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.
Can't be true. Hitlery smoke loads of weed in the 60s and 70s and can't remember where all those missing emails went.
In other words stoned.
Fine. My guess is Tylenol will do the same. Or heroin. Now, what about THC's effect on Alzheimer’s Disease?
I can make it easier for you. All research results that contradict you views are false. Feeling better?
This article was meant to mislead, not inform.
Nobody can mislead you. Your opinions are fixed.
All research results that contradict you views are false. That statement pretty much describes the canary clan here - they still believe the "Reefer Madness" propaganda from 80 years ago. If it were up to them, there would be no medical research that involves cannabis. You got that right.
Did you think of that all by yourself, or was it a group effort from the senile dementia ward? BTW, I don't use pot ... but you should lay off the bottom-shelf vodka. A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. Putting one's own guess up against a clinical study is textbook megalomania. Bad news, whitey - you're not Napoleon or Jesus either. A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. Wrong, "relieving behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). [...] Significant reduction in CGI severity score (6.5 to 5.7; p < 0.01) and NPI [Neuropsychiatric Inventory] score were recorded (44.4 to 12.8; p < 0.01). NPI domains of significant decrease were: Delusions, agitation/aggression, irritability, apathy, sleep and caregiver distress." J Alzheimers Dis. 2016 Jan 12;51(1):15-9. doi: 10.3233/JAD-150915; Abarbanel Mental Health Center, Bat-Yam, Israel and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel- Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. I did no such thing. I guessed that Tylenol or heroin would have the same e effect.
Now guess whether your guesses mean shit. A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. misterwhite: I did no such thing Mr White does not guess, he knows, asserts and issues the ruling. Case closed!
Fuckin' A! But I do retract my statements when you point out my errors. And you'll note that has never happened. Nor will it.
Tell us again how all front yard gardens are ghetto ground cover Super Genius. That was entertaining.
Ah. One of my better phrases.
Typical brainless white-ism. Just because your creative front yard gardening skills suck, doesn't mean everybody else's do.
We have a 30' X 30' garden with flowers and vegetables and it's beautiful. In the back yard.
Like I said, not everybody's front yard gardening skills suck. That would include skills like - the ability to apply logic and reason to recognize the right of private property owners to grow food in their front yards. Like these "ghetto farmers" are doing: Fat boys fat boys. What you gonna do - when the King don't got some bread for you!?
"Groundbreaking Study Shows Cannabis Can Counter Alzheimer’s Disease"
#2. To: misterwhite (#1)
"Groundbreaking Study Shows Cannabinoids -- Isolated, Purified, and Concentrated -- Found in Cannabis Can Affect Neurons in a Petri Dish."
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#3. To: Deckard (#2)
"So, you think the research is bullshit."
#4. To: Deckard (#2)
So, you think the research is bullshit.
#5. To: misterwhite (#1)
Can Affect Neurons in a Petri Dish."
#6. To: ConservingFreedom (#5)
#7. To: misterwhite (#3)
(Edited)
"So, you think the research is bullshit."
#8. To: Deckard (#0)
#9. To: ConservingFreedom (#5)
Read it slowly ... move your lips if it helps: 'In January we reported on a clinical study by Israeli researchers which showed that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) — the main active ingredient in cannabis — caused a “significant reduction” in mental illness severity, particularly with regard to irritability, aggression/agitation, delusions and insomnia.'
#10. To: ConservingFreedom (#5)
"caused a “significant reduction” in mental illness severity, particularly with regard to irritability, aggression/agitation, delusions and insomnia.'
#11. To: misterwhite (#1)
#12. To: A Pole (#11)
"All research results that contradict you views are false. Feeling better?"
#13. To: misterwhite (#12)
#14. To: A Pole (#11)
I can make it easier for you.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#15. To: A Pole (#13)
"Nobody can mislead you."
#16. To: GrandIsland (#6)
If that shit is such a cure all, why hasn't it improved upon your stupidity?
#17. To: misterwhite (#10)
My guess
#18. To: redleghunter (#9)
In other words stoned.
#19. To: ConservingFreedom (#17)
"Putting one's own guess up against a clinical study ..."
#20. To: misterwhite (#19)
I guessed
#21. To: ConservingFreedom, misterwhite (#19)
ConservingFreedom: "Putting one's own guess up against a clinical study ..."
#22. To: A Pole (#21)
"Mr White does not guess, he knows, asserts and issues the ruling. Case closed!"
#23. To: misterwhite (#22)
#24. To: VxH (#23)
"ghetto ground cover"
#25. To: misterwhite (#24)
#26. To: VxH (#25)
"Just because your creative front yard gardening skills suck, doesn't mean everybody else's do."
#27. To: misterwhite (#26)
(Edited)
In the back yard.
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