Molecular Cancer Therapeutics is a journal that published a study on breast cancer. The study suggested that breast cancer spreading may be prevented by the non-psychoactive element that is naturally present in the marijuana plant.
A chemical called cannabidiol (CBD), was found to affect the gene’s activity, known as ld-1, to hormone- independent breast cancer patients. In embryos, this ld-1 helps the cells grow and spread but they should not be active until adulthood. In adults, it can only be found in cancer cells that spread all over the body.
The study’s senior researcher Pierre Yves-Desprez, said that when the ld-1 genes get activated, this is when the trouble starts. They tell the cells to act like the embryonic cells. They go wild, multiply and transfer. And so, Desprez said that ld-1 must be inactive to make the cancer less lethal. Tumors can be removed through surgery but if it is widely spread already, it may be hard to fight anymore.
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