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Y Chromosome Doesn’t Dictate Cannabis Plant Sex, But It’s Still Valuable

Medicinal Genomics

In fact, our FemINDICAtor Plant Sex qPCR Detection Assay , which targets the Y chromosome, has been used by growers since 2016 to accurately predict the sex of cannabis seedlings.  Early identification allows growers and breeders to separate males and females earlier and eliminate unwanted pollination events

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Ask The Green Nurse is Celebrating Liberation: What 4/20 & the 4th of July Have in Common?

The Cannigma

News Center Maine, 2022; Secret Nature, 2022; Waxman, 2016). Cromwell, 2021; Liebman, 2016). Their modes of celebration differ in form but not in spirit: the 4th of July with fireworks and parades, and 4/20 with smoke-ins, educational events, and music. 2016, April 20). 2016, April 20). Liebman, J. Secret Nature.

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CannMed Events Unveils New Genomics Workshop for CannMed 25

Medicinal Genomics

Since its inception at Harvard in 2016, CannMed has been a destination for the worlds top researchers, innovators, and investors to share novel findings, announce new technologies, and forge lasting connections. Learn More: [link] The post CannMed Events Unveils New Genomics Workshop for CannMed 25 appeared first on Medicinal Genomics.

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CBD Enhances Glucose Metabolism via Nuclear Receptors

Project CBD

The authors report a substantial clinical improvement in attention, visual processing, visuomotor speed, working memory, and other parameters beginning by day seven, with no adverse events or side effects. 173,12 (2016): 1899-910. 2016, doi:10.3389/fphar.2016.00422 May not be reprinted without permission. doi:10.1111/bph.13497

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The Hot Box: bridging the gap between black business owners and financing

The Cannigma

The Hot Box Pitch Contest is an event at the Black CannaConference that seeks to bridge the gap by making it easier for fledgling business owners to showcase their ideas to high-level financers. The Hot Box has been growing since 2016 when Shanel Lindsay won with her business Ardent. In 2021, over 800 people attended the event.

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Executive Spotlight: George Jage

Cannabis Law Report

As a lead executive for MJBizDaily, I led the strategic growth of MJBizCon from a 20 tabletop event at a racetrack to an over 1000 booth event at the Las Vegas Convention Center from 2014-2017. The event was recognized as the fastest-growing event in the U.S. by Tradeshow Executive Magazine in both 2015 & 2016.

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Court Dismisses Case Demanding DEA to Move Expeditiously to License Cannabis Cultivators

NORML

The agency in 2016 first announced its intent to license private entities to grow cannabis for FDA-approved clinical trials. In June of this year, one applicant – the Scottsdale Research Institute – filed a petition in the US Court of Appeals to order the DEA to comply with its 2016 policy.

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