Comment Re:Article Summary is Hooey (Score 1) 383
Wrong. CBD inhibits a gene that causes cancer cells to spread, it doesn't actually kill the cancer
cells (they would just die from old age or you could combine the CBD with a standard chemo / radiotherapy that does kill the cells). From a different article I read today: "The compound found in cannabis, called cannabidiol (CBD), inhibits a gene, Id-1, that researchers believe is responsible for the metastatic process that spreads cells from the original tumor throughout the body."
Also, this gene is important in the spread of other types of cancers: ""[...] what is exciting about this study is that if CBD can inhibit Id-1 in breast cancer cells, then it may also prove effective at stopping the spread of cancer cells in other forms of the disease, such as colon and brain or prostate cancer," said lead author Dr. Pierre-Yves Desprez."
cells (they would just die from old age or you could combine the CBD with a standard chemo / radiotherapy that does kill the cells). From a different article I read today: "The compound found in cannabis, called cannabidiol (CBD), inhibits a gene, Id-1, that researchers believe is responsible for the metastatic process that spreads cells from the original tumor throughout the body."
Also, this gene is important in the spread of other types of cancers: ""[...] what is exciting about this study is that if CBD can inhibit Id-1 in breast cancer cells, then it may also prove effective at stopping the spread of cancer cells in other forms of the disease, such as colon and brain or prostate cancer," said lead author Dr. Pierre-Yves Desprez."
