大麻也许防止乳腺癌

大麻化合物在战斗的乳腺癌显露才华

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化合物在大麻发现了也许证明有效的在帮助的中止乳腺癌细胞传播在身体中。 那是在学报的最新的问题出版的发现一项新的研究 分子巨蟹星座治疗学.

研究，由科学家在加利福尼亚和平的医疗中心研究所，提出希望CBD，在大麻发现的化合物漂白亚麻纤维，可能是第一个无毒代理显露才华在对待乳腺癌的变形的形式。

“Right now we have a limited range of options in treating aggressive forms of cancer,” says Sean D. McAllister, Ph.D., a cancer researcher at CPMCRI and the lead author of the study. “Those treatments, such as chemotherapy, can be effective but they can also be extremely toxic and difficult for patients. This compound offers the hope of a non-toxic therapy that could achieve the same results without any of the painful side effects.”

The researchers used CBD to inhibit the activity of a gene called Id-1, which is believed to be responsible for the aggressive spread of cancer cells throughout the body, away from the original tumor site.

“We know that Id-1 is a key regulator of the spread of breast cancer,” says Pierre-Yves Desprez, Ph.D., a cancer researcher at CPMCRI and the senior author of the study. “We also know that Id-1 has also been found at higher levels in other forms of cancer. So what is exciting about this study is that if CBD can inhibit Id-1 in breast cancer cells, then it may also prove effective at stopping the spread of cancer cells in other forms of the disease, such as colon and brain or prostate cancer.”

Unlike cannabis or THC, an ingredient also isolated from marijuana that is used in some medical treatments, CBD does not have any psychoactive properties, so using it would not violate any state or federal laws. However, the researchers point out that this is not a recommendation for people with breast cancer to smoke marijuana. They say it is highly unlikely that effective concentrations of CBD could be reached by smoking cannabis.

The study was primarily funded by the California Breast Cancer Research Program.

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