Category Archives: Cannabis Research

Cannabis & Cancer – Christina Sanchez

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In this video Christina Sanchez delivers a talk in Paris about the latest research into treating cancer with cannabinoids. She also explains how the latest evidence show that whole plant cannabinoids are more effective than single molecule cannabinoids which seems to provide more evidence for the entourage effect Dr. Cristina Sánchez is a Spanish molecular biologist at Complutense University, studying […]

What is “The Entourage Effect” and how does it work?

The Entourage Effect

What is the Entourage Effect? What is the Entourage Effect? If you have been researching the benefits of Medicinal cannabis for any length of time you are sure to have come across the term “Entourage Effect” It’s one of those terms that can easily be dismissed with a simplistic definition that the the sum of […]

A Beginner’s Guide To The Endocannabinoid System

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A Beginner’s Guide To The Endocannabinoid System Introduction The endocannabinoid system is a complex subject and hard for most laypeople to understand, since it’s normally discussed using very scientific terminology and most of the literature available is aimed at researchers with a technical background in chemistry or biology. To remedy this we wanted to create […]

The Future of Cannabis Research – Assistant Professor Dedi Meiri (Israel)

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David (Dedi) Meiri is Principal Investigator in the Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Cannabinoid Research at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. He holds a M.Sc. in biochemistry and a Ph.D. in plant biotechnology. Currently his lab investigates the therapeutic potential of phytocannabinoids. The main focus of his research is to determine the antitumor effects […]