Nuvilex, an international biotechnology company providing cell and gene therapy solutions for the treatment of deadly diseases, announced today that its subsidiary, Medical Marijuana Sciences, Inc., has appointed Garret L. Yount, Ph.D. to its Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Garret Yount is a Research Scientist at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute in San Francisco. During his tenure, Dr. Yount and his colleagues have published several research articles demonstrating the anti-cancer activity of cannabinoids (constituents of marijuana), including the first presenting evidence that cannabinoids can kill human brain tumor cells at concentrations that do not harm normal cells; this article was published in the Journal of Neuro-Oncology in 2005 (see Volume 74, pages 31-40). Dr. Yount was also co-author of a report that dealt with the effectiveness of using the cannabinoids cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) against glioblastoma (brain cancer) cells. Source: stockwatch/News/Item.aspx?bid=U-z10071704-U%3aNVLX-20140307&symbol=NVLX®ion=U
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:41:39 +0000