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New CBD-Based Drug Offers Hope For Breast Cancer Patients Struggling With Pain: Clinical Trial Kicks Off
Friday, September 13, 2024 - 10:19am | 533Cancer treatment and research center City of Hope and Biopharmaceutical Research Company, a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the development of proprietary cannabinoid therapeutics, announced on Thursday that the first patient has received BRC-001, an experimental supportive care therapy...
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Medical Cannabis Legalization Enters Into Force In Ukraine As War With Russia Grinds On
Friday, August 16, 2024 - 2:41pm | 561The Ukranian law allowing the distribution of cannabis plants for medical, industrial and scientific purposes is in effect as of Friday. The news comes some six months after Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, signed a bill that legalizes medical cannabis into law. The Ukrainian Parliament...
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Hemp May Shrink Prostate Cancer Tumors, Say UK Researchers Who Move To Prove Effectiveness
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - 10:44am | 412A new study by The Rowett Institute at the University of Aberdeen, backed by a £91,022 ($116,653) grant from the NHS Grampian Charity will examine whether prostate cancer patients’ diet containing particular types of fibers could result in slowing the growth or shrinking of tumors. The team...
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Cannabinoids With Chemotherapy For Breast Cancer: Psychedelics Biotech Inks $61M License Deal For Patented Methods
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 - 7:05am | 741Enveric Biosciences (NASDAQ:ENVB), a Nasdaq-listed psychedelics biotech firm, has entered into a non-binding term sheet with an undisclosed biotech company (licensee) for an exclusive license to two patented methods aimed at treating breast cancer and other cancers. These methods utilize...
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Marijuana Extract Can Kill Melanoma Cells, New Study Reveals Possible Treatment For Skin Cancer
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 12:25pm | 751A new study indicates cannabis has the potential to treat melanoma, a skin cancer beginning in the melanocyte cells, which make the pigment that gives skin its color. Melanoma typically results from over-exposure to the sun. While skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in the United States,...
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Medical Marijuana Can Help Manage Neuropathic Pain, Irish Study Suggests
Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - 10:44am | 666A new study undertaken by Ireland's Health Research Board (HRB) showed evidence that medical marijuana can be used as a treatment for various conditions. The research was conducted to provide data to a Department of Health, which reviews the existing Medicinal Cannabis Access Programme (MCap) that...