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$PMCB UNC-Led Cannabis Research Sees Significant Progress PMCB

Research led by University of Northern Colorado Professor Richard Hyslop is making significant progress in developing a targeted cancer treatment using cannabinoids as a chemotherapy agent, according to a news release issued Monday.

The UNC research has concentrated on the feasibility of developing cells capable of producing an enzyme that can convert inactive cannabis compounds into an active anti-cancer drug.

Hyslop, who's working on the project with PharmaCyte Biotech Inc., summarized the progress during presentations last week at the 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in San Francisco.

Researchers to date have observed five cell lines that produce desired enzymes to convert inactive cannabis compounds into anti-cancer drugs once they're injected, using PharmaCyte's encapsulation technology, and then activated directly at the site of a tumor.

Hyslop has been involved in cancer research for four decades and is leading a team of scientists from UNC to develop a "green" approach to treating solid tumors, initially brain cancer.

http://www.unco.edu/news/releases.aspx?id=10787