La Jolla scientists study cannabis components as treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and …

But a new study by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies indicates that CBN can protect nerve cells from oxidative damage, a major pathway to cell death. In the study, the scientists treated nerve cells with CBN and then introduced an agent to stimulate oxidative damage. In damaged cells, oxidation caused the mitochondria […]

UC San Diego team sets out to study the effects of cannabis component CBD on severe autism in …

The goal of the UCSD study “is to determine whether CBD reduces the problem behaviors that we see in children with severe autism,” said the study’s principal investigator, Dr. During the study, participants will be given either CBD or a placebo to take orally every day for eight weeks. The strict parameters and frequency of […]