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A Montana dad couldn't stand watching his son suffer from a brain tumor. Two year old Cash was given high doses of chemotherapy which did havoc to this young man's body. Cash suffered septic shock a stroke and internal hemorrhage. He was continuously nauseous and vomited 10x a day. Cash's father felt helpless and wanted to help his son. He boiled marijuana leaves and mixed them with olive oil and put a little of it into his son's feeding tube. It did stop the nausea and within 2 weeks he was weaned from nausea drugs and started to eat again and laugh. Miraculously the boy recovered last fall.
Caulfield P. (May 5, 2011). Dad says Medical marijuana 'cured' 2-year-old's cancer; pop slipped son pot oil as last resort. Retrieved May 5, 2011, from Dad says medical marijuana 'cured' 2-year-old's cancer; pop slipped son pot oil as last resort
Cannabinoid is a group of chemicals naturally found in the marijuana plant. There are three types of cannabinoids. Plant-derived cannabinoids such as tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol occur in the cannabis plant. Treating cancer with cannabinoids can inhibit tumor growth and prolong long life of mice with Lewis lung adenocarcinoma. Studies showed cannabinoids inhibited tumor cell growth and "induced apoptosis by modulating different cell signaling pathways in gliomas and lymphomas, prostate, breast, lung, skin and pancreatic cells. Cannabinoids targets cancer cells and spare normal cells without cell proliferation and metastasis because of the suppression of the antitumor immune response. Contradiction states "that low doses of cannabinoid administered accelerate proliferation of cancer cells instead of inducing apoptosis which can cause cancer progression. Trial studies should be continued to find the right mechanism of cannabinoid action in cancer cells.
Bifulco, M., Laezza, C., Pisanti, S., & Gazzerro, P. (Feb. 2006). Br J Pharmacol. 2006 May; 148(2): 123–135. Published online 2006 February 27. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706632.
PMCID: PMC1617062. Retrieved May 5, 2011, from Cannabinoids and cancer: pros and cons of an antitumour strategy
Sarfaraz S., Ahhami V., Syed, D., Afaq F., & Mukhtar, H. (Jan. 2008). Cannabinoids for Cancer Treatement: Progress and Promise. dol:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-2785. Cancer Res. January 15, 2008 68; 339. Retrieved May 5, 2011, from Cannabinoids for Cancer Treatment: Progress and Promise
A Montana dad couldn't stand watching his son suffer from a brain tumor. Two year old Cash was given high doses of chemotherapy which did havoc to this young man's body. Cash suffered septic shock a stroke and internal hemorrhage. He was continuously nauseous and vomited 10x a day. Cash's father felt helpless and wanted to help his son. He boiled marijuana leaves and mixed them with olive oil and put a little of it into his son's feeding tube. It did stop the nausea and within 2 weeks he was weaned from nausea drugs and started to eat again and laugh. Miraculously the boy recovered last fall.
Caulfield P. (May 5, 2011). Dad says Medical marijuana 'cured' 2-year-old's cancer; pop slipped son pot oil as last resort. Retrieved May 5, 2011, from Dad says medical marijuana 'cured' 2-year-old's cancer; pop slipped son pot oil as last resort
Cannabinoid is a group of chemicals naturally found in the marijuana plant. There are three types of cannabinoids. Plant-derived cannabinoids such as tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol occur in the cannabis plant. Treating cancer with cannabinoids can inhibit tumor growth and prolong long life of mice with Lewis lung adenocarcinoma. Studies showed cannabinoids inhibited tumor cell growth and "induced apoptosis by modulating different cell signaling pathways in gliomas and lymphomas, prostate, breast, lung, skin and pancreatic cells. Cannabinoids targets cancer cells and spare normal cells without cell proliferation and metastasis because of the suppression of the antitumor immune response. Contradiction states "that low doses of cannabinoid administered accelerate proliferation of cancer cells instead of inducing apoptosis which can cause cancer progression. Trial studies should be continued to find the right mechanism of cannabinoid action in cancer cells.
Bifulco, M., Laezza, C., Pisanti, S., & Gazzerro, P. (Feb. 2006). Br J Pharmacol. 2006 May; 148(2): 123–135. Published online 2006 February 27. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706632.
PMCID: PMC1617062. Retrieved May 5, 2011, from Cannabinoids and cancer: pros and cons of an antitumour strategy
Sarfaraz S., Ahhami V., Syed, D., Afaq F., & Mukhtar, H. (Jan. 2008). Cannabinoids for Cancer Treatement: Progress and Promise. dol:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-2785. Cancer Res. January 15, 2008 68; 339. Retrieved May 5, 2011, from Cannabinoids for Cancer Treatment: Progress and Promise
this is great. THC has been used medically in hospitals as, "Marinol," a prescription to assist patients with poor appetite and nausea associated with cancers, chronic illness, and other nonspecific disorders. That this can cause cell death, "apotosis," is a brilliant finding and could lead to earlier treatment and more benign treatment options. A double-blind cross over study needs to be designed to test the hypothesis.
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