Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Endocannabinoid System”
Dr. Ziva Cooper is the Director of the UCLA Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids. She is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Department of Anesthesiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine. Her current research involves understanding variables that influence both the therapeutic potential and adverse effects of cannabis and cannabinoids through double-blind, …
Dr. Swathi Varanasi is a bilingual pharmacist specializing in integrative and preventative health. Dr. Swathi has paved the way for other healthcare professionals to pursue non-traditional career paths through creating postdoctoral training programs, industry internships, and online courses focused on integrative medicine and patient-centered shared decision-making. She co-founded and serves as Chief Scientific Officer of the international award-winning clean beauty …
Our guest in this episode is Dr. Mauro Maccarrone. Mauro is a pioneer in endocannabinoid research. In 1997, his team identified the receptor targets for the first two endocannabinoids that were discovered by Professor Raphael Mechoulam earlier in the decade: anandamide and 2-AG. Since then, the endocannabinoid system has been the focus of his research. At CannMed 2021 he will present …
We had a chance to catch up with Meredith Burak, Director of Global Relations for Asana Bio Group, who will lead a Women’s Health panel at CannMed 2018, comprised of experts who are advancing science and products to benefit women’s health. In the video below, Burak shares some of the information she has found while studying how cannabis can help …
In our latest CannMed 2018 speaker interview, David Meiri provides some amazing insight into how he and his team are working to understand the specific cannabis compounds that can be used to kill cancer cells. What they have found so far is fascinating. By testing different cannabis extracts on cancer cells with specific genetic mutations, they can identify which cannabis …
