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→Alzheimer's disease and cannabis: + News (2016): "Cannabinoids remove plaque-forming Alzheimer’s proteins from brain cells" @ salk.edu
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Cannabis has been found to be beneficial for [[w:Alzheimer's disease|Alzheimer's]] sufferers. Especially true this is for THC which inhibits the formulation of toxic [[w:Amyloid beta|beta]] [[w:amyloid|amyloid]] protein plaque on braincells which causes Alzheimer's disease. | Cannabis has been found to be beneficial for [[w:Alzheimer's disease|Alzheimer's]] sufferers. Especially true this is for THC which inhibits the formulation of toxic [[w:Amyloid beta|beta]] [[w:amyloid|amyloid]] protein plaque on braincells which causes Alzheimer's disease. | ||
* [https://www.salk.edu/news-release/cannabinoids-remove-plaque-forming-alzheimers-proteins-from-brain-cells/ News (2016): "Cannabinoids remove plaque-forming Alzheimer’s proteins from brain cells" @ salk.edu] - Preliminary lab studies at the Salk Institute find THC reduces beta amyloid proteins in human neurons | |||
* [[w:Alzheimer's disease research|Wikipedia article on Alzheimer's disease research]] has only a few words about cannabis therapeutics and those are very sceptical. | * [[w:Alzheimer's disease research|Wikipedia article on Alzheimer's disease research]] has only a few words about cannabis therapeutics and those are very sceptical. | ||
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