Marijuana freeze cancer cells n prevents them from spreading .
A chemical found in marijuana, called cannabidiol, it freeze cancer cells n prevents
from spreading ,reported by researchers at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco.
Canabidiol stops cancer by turning off a gene called (Id-1) ,Cancer cells make more copies of
this gene than non-cancer cell, n it helps them spread through out the body.
The researchers studied breast cancer cells in the lab that had high expression level
of (Id-1) and treated them with canabidiol. After treatment the cells had decreased Id-1
expresion and were less aggressive spreaders.
Pierre Desprez is a molecular biologist (one of the scientists behind this discovery) he spent decades
studying (ID-1), the gene that cause cancer to spread in our body.
Pierre Desprez said -
“It took us about 20 years of research to figure this out, but now we are very excited.
We want to get started with trials as soon as possible.”
