Researchers from Complutense University in Madrid conducted a study and found that THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, can kill cancerous brain cells, while leaving healthy cells. The results of this study were published in the Journal Clinic of Investigation.
Initially, the researchers used mice to carry three different versions of human brain cancer. They injected THC molecules near the tumor’s site of the mice everyday. When injected, the cells act to breakdown on its own as this chemical engages in autophagy.
Researcher Guillermo Velasco stated, "these results may help to design new cancer therapies based on the use of medicines containing the active principle of marijuana and/or in the activation of autophagy."
THC, which belongs to the class of cannabinoids, is the chemical that gives psychoactive effects when marijuana is consumed. The researchers are open to the possibility that cannabinoids could potentially be a new family of antitumor agents.
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