Cannabis Provides Protection from Alzheimer’s
420 Insight
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
Researchers, from the Salk Institute labs in San Diego, discovered that the main psychoactive compound in marijuana—tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)—and a few other active compounds remove amyloid beta proteins from lab-grown neurons. Amyloid is the toxic protein known to accumulate in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. The compounds also significantly reduced cellular inflammation, an underlying factor in the progression of the disease.
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