Is Medical Marijuana Harmful or Helpful?

In a recent news, we reported that a research team has developed a cannabinoid-based drug that stimulates not only one, but two, receptors believed to be involved in fibrosis development in scleroderma. The drug, VCE-004.8, prevented the formation of fibrosis-promoting myofibroblasts in culture and stopped fibrotic changes…

Medical Marijuana: Harmful or Helpful?

In a recent news, we reported that a research team has developed a cannabinoid-based drug that stimulates not only one, but two, receptors believed to be involved in fibrosis development in scleroderma. The drug, VCE-004.8, prevented the formation of fibrosis-promoting myofibroblasts in culture and stopped fibrotic changes…

Marijuana-Derived Potential Therapeutics for Scleroderma

In this video by the Scleroderma Foundation, listen to Dr. Arnold Postlethwaite present about Marijuana-derived Potential Therapeutics for Scleroderma in 2014. The body produces several cannabinoids (a class of biologically active compounds also found in cannabis sativa, or marijuana) that affect the function of cells in the brain and in…