HARVARD UNIVERSITY RESEARCH: 'CANNABIS COMBATS TUMOR GROWTH IN HALF IN JUST THREE WEEKS'

A Harvard University research project from almost ten years ago was the most comprehensive study to date on the potential of THC to combat cancerous tumors. The study exposed mice subjects infected with lung cancer to three weeks dosage of THC.

The researchers found that there was a significant reduction in the lung cancer tumor growth, in some cases by as much as 50%. In the case of cancerous lesions, the reduction was even more significant. 

According to researchers working on the project, the doses of THC (which is a naturally occurring chemical in marijuana plants) definitively acted efficaciously on the cancerous growths. “When the cells are pretreated with THC, they have less EGFR stimulated invasion as measured by various in-vitro assays,” states Anju Preet, Ph.D., who worked on the ground breaking study.

Preet explains that in the space of only three weeks that the tumors were reduced in both size and weight by approximately 50% compared to a control group. Dr. Preet also made reference to the considerable reductions in the frequency of cancerous lesions in the mice subjects and the significant reduction of protein markers which are associated with the progression of the disease.

The researchers suggested that THC combats cancerous cells with such effectiveness because it activates molecules that arrest the cell cycle. This action inhibits the processes of angiogenesis and vascularization, which are essential for the progression of cancer. Currently, diseases such as lung cancer are treated with courses of chemotherapy which are extremely aggressive and invasive and cause patients a huge amount of discomfort and temporary physical debilitation. 

While chemotherapy is the most effective treatment for this kind of disease at this current time, the hugely invasive courses of treatment are not always totally effective.

Therefore, it somewhat surprising that very little has been done to advance upon the incredible discoveries made in this study in the course of the past decade. It is also somewhat curious that the study has received such little press attention over the years. It has been suggested that large pharmaceutical companies with a great deal of money invested in chemotherapy and other cancer treatments have been actively suppressing research and information relating to the efficacy of medical marijuana treatments. Could the lack of interest in this ground breaking study be evidence of this campaign of suppression? 

Source: http://www.disclose.tv/news/harvard_university_research_cannabis_combats_tumor_growth_in_half_in_just_three_weeks/137106