Treating Cancer with Cannabis-Derived Flavonoids with Akeem Gardner

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Akeem Gardner is the Founder and CEO of Canurta. In 2018 Akeem acquired an Industrial Hemp License from Health Canada and began to farm hemp as he embarked on his entrepreneurial venture, which allowed him to meet with the University of Guelph professors in the summer of 2019 to begin the cannflavin project.  At CannMed 23, he will present “Targeting …

Expanding Access to Consistent, Quality Cannabis Medicine with Jamie Brambila

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Jaime Brambila and his wife Nicole specialize in coaching and educating patients about the clinical use of cannabinoids and other plant-based medicines. The principal aspects of their mission are to democratize plant-based medicine and democratize the science, taking the complex pharmacological information and breaking it down so everyone can understand the therapeutic potential.  At CannMed 2022, Jaime will present a …

Identifying the Cancer-Killing Cannabinoids with Dedi Meiri, PhD

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Dedi Meiri, PhD runs a lab at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology that investigates the anti-tumor effects of cannabinoids. More specifically, his team identifies which combination of cannabinoids can kill cancer cells. Most notably, his team identified three specific cannabinoids that kill leukemia cells and that formulation is currently being tested in a clinical trial in Israel.  Dr. Meiri …

Cannabis Research Past, Present, & Future with Raphael Mechoulam, PhD

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Our latest guest is Professor Raphael Mechoulam. Professor Mechoulam is the first researcher to isolate THC and CBD. For that achievement and the decades of research into the endocannabinoid system that followed, Professor Mechoulam is often called the “Godfather of cannabis research”.  Since his research began in the 1960s, Professor Mechoulam has received numerous academic awards. Most recently he received …

Identifying the Cannabis Compounds that Kill Cancer

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In our latest CannMed 2018 speaker interview, David Meiri provides some amazing insight into how he and his team are working to understand the specific cannabis compounds that can be used to kill cancer cells. What they have found so far is fascinating. By testing different cannabis extracts on cancer cells with specific genetic mutations, they can identify which cannabis …

Treating Cancer with Cannabis

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Medicinal cannabis is by no means a new concept. The truth is, humans have been using cannabis as a treatment for a variety of ailments for thousands of years. According to Chinese legend, cannabis was used as early as 2700 B.C. as a treatment for a variety ailments including gout, rheumatism, and even malaria. However, using cannabis to treat cancer …