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Alzheimer's Disease: Marijuana Could Help in Removing Beta-AmyRloids From Nerve Cells

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 07/04/2016 - 08:45

Alzheimer’s disease prevalence is likely to become almost three times in the United States by 2050, so it has become very important to identify effective treatments to address the condition. Alzheimer’s disease leads to decline in cognitive function and many research teams across the world are trying to understand the condition in a better way to develop treatment.

Now, as per a latest study, marijuana may hold the answer to this kind of a treatment. The study team noticed that use of marijuana could help in removing beta-amyloid protein from nerve cells. This could help in development of new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, the research team claimed.

The study, appeared in the journal Aging and Mechanisms of Disease, revealed how a compound present in marijuana prompted beta-amyloid protein removal from nerve cells, or neurons.

Beta-amyloid deposit in nerve connections is the main reason behind Alzheimer’s disease. The protein makes a...

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