Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Scientists have been studying the effects of cannabis on bone

Scientists from Edinburgh invited, with 200 people who smoke cannabis experiment to study the effect of this substance on human bones, reports the BBC. This study, the scientists have to create a new drug for the treatment of bone diseases - osteoporosis. Cannabinoid substance produced naturally in the body, can also be achieved by smoking cannabis. While scientists do not exactly know if this thought osteoporosis drug or vice versa protects. Scientists with the participants in the experiment examines the positive and negative side effects of cannabis on bone disease. According to Professor Stuart Ralston, hashish - one of the most popular drugs among young people of Britain, but almost nothing about the impact that it is known in the density and bone health. Previous studies, scientists have shown that cannabinoid receptors. A critical role in the bone, the play is too thin after the menopause Now they have found that the receptors involved in the formation of new bone. This is an important step in the creation of a new drug that helps the treatment of osteoporosis in the cannabinoid receptor. According to Professor Ralston, this is a very important discovery, because it can prevent a new treatment for osteoporosis with cannabinoid receptors and the bone loss associated to enhance bone formation get.

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