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A team of Canadian scientists believes it has found strong strains of cannabis that could help prevent and then treat coronavirus infections, according to interviews and a study.
Researchers from the University of Lethbridge said that a study in April showed at least 13 cannabis plants high in CBD that appeared to affect the ACE2 pathways that the bug uses to access the body.
"We were totally stunned at first, and then we were really happy," one of the researchers, Olga Kovalchuk, told CTV News.
The results, printed in online journal preprints, indicated hemp extracts high in CBD may help block proteins that provide a "gateway" for COVID-19 to enter host cells.

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Kovalchuk's husband, Igor, suggested cannabis could reduce the virus' entry points by up to 70 percent. "Therefore, you have more chance to fight it," he told CTV.

"Our work could have a huge influence there aren't many drugs that have the potential of reducing infection by 70 to 80 percent."

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"The key thing is not that any cannabis you would pick up at the store will do the trick," Olga told CTV, with the study suggesting just a handful of more than 800 varieties of sativa seemed to help.

All were high in anti-inflammatory CBD but low in THC, the part that produces the cannabis high.

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BiochemAg97 said:

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El Hombre Mas Guapo said:

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AggieOO said:

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This indicates CBD is causing the benefits, not THC.

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No, it indicates even the stoners have caught on and are trying to make their buck as well...

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Exactly. They are leaping from affecting to ACE pathway to blocking the virus. This is along the same lines of reasoning that said "don't take NSAIDs because it affects the ACE pathway". Then we find out that didn't matter.

They don't have any evidence to actually suggest this has an impact on the virus, just pure speculation.


Here is the thing. The virus binds to ACE2 receptor and needs a few to wrap the cell membrane around itself to infect the cell. How many ACE receptors are on the cell? A lot. Does reducing that by 70% really prevent the virus from infecting... probably not that much. Plus, lots of viruses and lots of receptors means the viruses are going to find the remaining receptors.

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Dr. Maturin said:

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BiochemAg97 said:

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El Hombre Mas Guapo said:

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AggieOO said:

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This indicates CBD is causing the benefits, not THC.

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No, it indicates even the stoners have caught on and are trying to make their buck as well...

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Exactly. They are leaping from affecting to ACE pathway to blocking the virus. This is along the same lines of reasoning that said "don't take NSAIDs because it affects the ACE pathway". Then we find out that didn't matter.

They don't have any evidence to actually suggest this has an impact on the virus, just pure speculation.


Here is the thing. The virus binds to ACE2 receptor and needs a few to wrap the cell membrane around itself to infect the cell. How many ACE receptors are on the cell? A lot. Does reducing that by 70% really prevent the virus from infecting... probably not that much. Plus, lots of viruses and lots of receptors means the viruses are going to find the remaining receptors.

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not to sidetrack the topic but did it ever come out that it was safe or not to use NSAIDs for sure? You seem to be implying they are ok. Also sounds similar to what I was hearing at the beginning with doctors saying not to take vitamin D and now they are saying Vitamin D could possibly offer some protective benefits.

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BiochemAg97 said:

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Capitol Ag said:

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This puts California in a bad position. Since pot is legal there, there's now no reason to stay shut down!

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Maybe that is why pot dispensaries stayed open even while everything else was closed.

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NASAg03 said:

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"Scientists Believe Cannabis Could Help Prevent and Treat __________________"

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