Gastroenterology

Audio Journal of General Medicine:reporting from British Society of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting - Cannabis to Treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

April 7, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment
Karen Wright
Karen Wright, University of Bath
British Society of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting 20-23 March 2006, Birmingham UK. Abstract 334
The possibility that cannabis could become a treatment for inflammatory bowel disease has emerged from a study of cell cultures conducted at the University of Bath. Karen Wright reported to the Birmingham conference that the survival of colonic epithelial cells was enhanced by exposure to cannabinoids.

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