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Cannabis may help chemo patients

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Cannabis may help chemo patients

A compound from cannabis could be developed into promising anti-nausea treatments for cancer patients on chemotherapy, suggests a new research paper by University of Guelph scientists. The study is the first to show the specific trigger for nausea – a common symptom of many diseases and a distressing side effect of chemotherapy that is not

U of G Researchers Publish First-Ever Scientific Study on Cannabis Production

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As Canada prepares to legalize recreational marijuana, a U of G research team in the School of Environmental Sciences (SES) led by Prof. Youbin Zheng has been formulating growing methods to improve the production of medicinal cannabis plants. Last year, they published what is believed to be the first-ever scientific paper on growing better marijuana