Imagine a pain reliever 30 times stronger at reducing inflammation than Aspirin. Researchers at the University of Guelph in Canada are the first to uncover the pain-relief potential of cannabis, demonstrating just how strong the plant could be.
What makes this discovery so interesting is that by using cannabis plants as a means to reduce pain would mean natural pain relief medication, which in turn would reduce the addiction risks of other non-natural pain killers.
It's all at the molecular level. The researchers, led by Professor Tariq Akhtar of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB), working alongside MCB professor Steven Rothstein who combined biochemistry and genomics.
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Fabienne Lang ~ InterestingEngineering.com ~