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. Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s and other neurodegenerative diseases are thought to be caused by nerve cell death, caused by the the accumulation of a amyloid proteins.
The build-up of the proteins triggers a toxic inflammatory response that eventually leads to brain cell death.
There are no drugs that significantly inhibit this process.
Enter cannabis, which is now legal for medicinal purposes in 36 states.
A 2016 study found cannabinoids, such as THC (or tetrahydrocannabinol), stimulate the removal of the beta amyloid protein, block the inflammatory response caused by the protein, and therefore protect against nerve cell death.
The finding supports previous studies that found cannabinoids to be effective against neurodegenerative disease.
“Although other studies have offered evidence that cannabinoids might be neuroprotective against the symptoms of Alzheimer’s, we believe our study is the first to demonstrate that cannabinoids affect both inflammation and amyloid beta accumulation in nerve cells,” says one of researchers, David Schubert from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California.
https://returntonow.net/2020/12/05/study-thc-removes-toxic-protein-that-causes-alzheimers/?fbclid=IwAR1lYaHl5ZyEsUJNxPTbfxttJzrYGkZdisHRyRaIt49j8QLvk0HaMu_ksmI
Link to the 2016 study:https://www.nature.com/articles/npjamd201612
. Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s and other neurodegenerative diseases are thought to be caused by nerve cell death, caused by the the accumulation of a amyloid proteins.
The build-up of the proteins triggers a toxic inflammatory response that eventually leads to brain cell death.
There are no drugs that significantly inhibit this process.
Enter cannabis, which is now legal for medicinal purposes in 36 states.
A 2016 study found cannabinoids, such as THC (or tetrahydrocannabinol), stimulate the removal of the beta amyloid protein, block the inflammatory response caused by the protein, and therefore protect against nerve cell death.
The finding supports previous studies that found cannabinoids to be effective against neurodegenerative disease.
“Although other studies have offered evidence that cannabinoids might be neuroprotective against the symptoms of Alzheimer’s, we believe our study is the first to demonstrate that cannabinoids affect both inflammation and amyloid beta accumulation in nerve cells,” says one of researchers, David Schubert from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California.
https://returntonow.net/2020/12/05/study-thc-removes-toxic-protein-that-causes-alzheimers/?fbclid=IwAR1lYaHl5ZyEsUJNxPTbfxttJzrYGkZdisHRyRaIt49j8QLvk0HaMu_ksmI
Link to the 2016 study:https://www.nature.com/articles/npjamd201612
