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http://www.hivplusmag.com/research/2...top-spread-hiv
Marijuana May Stop the Spread of HIV Researchers may just give you a reason to light up soon. BY DIANE ANDERSON-MINSHALL People with HIV (and other conditions) have used prescription marijuana to treat the side effects of medication, but a new study published in the journal AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, recently showed that daily doses of may even help combat the disease. According to Leaf Science, the study by Louisiana State University researchers showed that THC (a main component of marijuana) given to monkeys over a 17-month period decreased damage to immune tissue of the gut an important site of HIV infection by acting at the gene level. It adds to the picture and it builds a little bit more information around the potential mechanisms that might be playing a role in the modulation of the infection, said the lead author of the study, Dr. Patricia Molina. Leaf Science reports that while HIV normally spreads by infecting and ultimately killing immune cells, researchers "observed higher levels of healthy immune cells in animals that received THC something they noticed in a previous study as well." In 2011, Molina and her team discovered that HIV-positive monkeys monkeys treated with THC had lower levels of viral infection, higher numbers of immune cells, better survival rates, and less weight loss. The results of the study, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, were unexpected. When we started the study, we thought it was going to increase viral load, we thought it was going to decrease lymphocyte counts much more dramatically, and we did not see that," she told Leaf. "If anything, it looks like there might be some beneficial immunomodulation, particularly at the early stages of infection. The next stop, she says, will be to try to understand why marijuana might help stop the spread of HIV so that treatments can be developed that are more specific to how THC works. |
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So what is it about the barycenter that makes it the focal point from which our solar system revolves?
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Cant think of a better place to put this, its scientific in a MacGyverish kinda way, already have my can, just need a hole punch and I'll be using this little puppy this summer for sure...
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Seems legit.
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Do I think that it cures cancer? No. Do I think that it could "cure" AIDs? No. At least not until the findings of the above stoners are confirmed by a slightly less biased outfit.
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Anyway, let's not hijack this high-quality thread with this stuff, okay?
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I can't recall if it was on this thread or not, but anyway. They figured out the origin of that mysteriously appearing Mars rock:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/14/tech/i...-mystery-rock/
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The fact that there is a barrycenter, is how we detect planets in other far away galaxies. We look for that little wobble in the parent star, indicating that a planet is tugging at it.
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This is a science thread. I thought we are a little more precise than what we are when we talk about in here. I prefaced my comments with I know its quibbling.
I think most people were not even aware a Barrycenter exists.
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So no, it is not just another drug. Buy, hey. Let's let Big Pharm charge exorbitant prices for chemicals that cause all kinds of side affects. |
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