Researchers at Harvard tested the chemical THC in both
lab and mouse studies. They say this is the first set of experiments to show
that the compound, THC actually activates naturally produced receptors to fight
off lung cancer. The researchers suggest that THC or other designer agents that
activate these receptors might be used in a targeted fashion to treat lung
cancer.
Although a medical substitute of THC, known as
Marinol, has been used as an appetite stimulant for cancer patients and other
similar treatments, few studies have shown that THC might have anti-tumor
activity.
*HERE IS THE
INTERESTING PART* The only clinical trial testing THC as a treatment against
cancer growth was a recently completed British pilot study. For three weeks,
researchers injected standard doses of THC into mice that had been implanted
with human lung cancer cells, and found that tumors were reduced in size and
weight by about 50 percent in treated animals compared to a control group.
There was also about a 60 percent reduction in cancer lesions on the lungs in
these mice as well as a significant reduction in protein markers associated
with cancer progression.
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