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Researchers from Oregon State University are expected to present evidence that cannabis is an even greater miracle drug than previously known.
After decades of suppression, the medical benefits of cannabis are well known and are often used by advocates to push for more freedom for both recreational and medicinal users.
But there are new studies being conducted constantly, and the medical community may just be scratching the surface of understanding the benefits of marijuana.
Researchers at Oregon State University are expected to present information on using natural products, including hemp, to treat covid-19 at a virtual event called “Natural Products and Hemp: Under-appreciated Sources for Covid-19 Therapeutic Agents” on Dec. 6.
This event comes about a year after the school published a study that found that compounds in cannabis could prevent the virus that causes covid from infecting human cells.
Richard van Breeman, a professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Oregon State and a team of researchers found that a pair of cannabinoid acids bind to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, which then blocks a critical step in the infection process
The findings were published in the Journal of Natural products and, according to the university, set records for downloads and online views when it was released.
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