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Title: Scientists believe cannabis could help prevent and treat coronavirus
Post by: Chosen Daughter on May 22, 2020, 05:24:24 am

Scientists believe cannabis could help prevent and treat coronavirus
By Lee Brown
May 21, 2020 | 3:05pm | Updated

They have high hopes for a coronavirus breakthrough.

A team of Canadian scientists believes it has found strong strains of cannabis that could help prevent and then treat coronavirus infections, according to interviews and a study.

Researchers from the University of Lethbridge said that a study in April showed at least 13 cannabis plants high in CBD that appeared to affect the ACE2 pathways that the bug uses to access the body.

“We were totally stunned at first, and then we were really happy,” one of the researchers, Olga Kovalchuk, told CTV News.
The results, printed in online journal Preprints, indicated hemp extracts high in CBD may help block proteins that provide a “gateway” for COVID-19 to enter host cells.

https://nypost.com/2020/05/21/scientists-believe-cannabis-could-help-prevent-treat-coronavirus/
Title: Re: Scientists believe cannabis could help prevent and treat coronavirus
Post by: Sighlass on May 22, 2020, 05:47:46 am
Good grief ... I imagine if smoking dog turds made you high, someone somewhere would find some useful results for it.
Title: Re: Scientists believe cannabis could help prevent and treat coronavirus
Post by: Smokin Joe on May 22, 2020, 07:48:33 am
Quote from: Sighlass on May 22, 2020, 05:47:46 am
Good grief ... I imagine if smoking dog turds made you high, someone somewhere would find some useful results for it.
Jenkem...
Title: Re: Scientists believe cannabis could help prevent and treat coronavirus
Post by: LadyLiberty on May 22, 2020, 05:49:56 pm
Quote from: Sighlass on May 22, 2020, 05:47:46 am
Good grief ... I imagine if smoking dog turds made you high, someone somewhere would find some useful results for it.

"Researchers from the University of Lethbridge said that a study in April showed at least 13 cannabis plants high in CBD that appeared to affect the ACE2 pathways that the bug uses to access the body."

CBD isn't psychoactive (that's THC) and won't get you high.
Title: Re: Scientists believe cannabis could help prevent and treat coronavirus
Post by: roamer_1 on May 22, 2020, 08:06:15 pm
Quote from: Chosen Daughter on May 22, 2020, 05:24:24 am
“We were totally stunned at first, and then we were really happy,” one of the researchers, Olga Kovalchuk, told CTV News.

"Then we got really really hungry...."

 :whistle:
Title: Re: Scientists believe cannabis could help prevent and treat coronavirus
Post by: Smokin Joe on May 22, 2020, 08:39:24 pm
Quote from: LadyLiberty on May 22, 2020, 05:49:56 pm
"Researchers from the University of Lethbridge said that a study in April showed at least 13 cannabis plants high in CBD that appeared to affect the ACE2 pathways that the bug uses to access the body."

CBD isn't psychoactive (that's THC) and won't get you high.
But won't that block other ACE2 functions as well?
Title: Re: Scientists believe cannabis could help prevent and treat coronavirus
Post by: goatprairie on May 22, 2020, 09:42:08 pm
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQBlzhWA4vLm7dHUPJZPCncs69iZtpX5oJASTn6JuMLwdWyYuc1&usqp=CAU)
Here are a few of the ...uh..."scientists" involved with the study.