Mcmaster Researchers Find Cannabis Has Antibiotic Potential

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‘We were motivated obviously by the excitement around cannabis for medical use,’ study lead Eric Brown said. Researchers from McMaster University have discovered that a chemical compound in cannabis could be used to treat a highly resistant superbug. Microbiologist Eric Brown and his team found that mice infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), one of the most common and deadly bacteria, could be nursed back to health with a non-psychoactive element of cannabis known as cannabigerol (CBG). – Read the entire article at CBC News.

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‘We were motivated obviously by the excitement around cannabis for medical use,’ study lead Eric Brown said.

Researchers from McMaster University have discovered that a chemical compound in cannabis could be used to treat a highly resistant superbug.

Microbiologist Eric Brown and his team found that mice infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), one of the most common and deadly bacteria, could be nursed back to health with a non-psychoactive element of cannabis known as cannabigerol (CBG).

– Read the entire article at CBC...

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