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- where does the quote you show below originate from?

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From: Sam <k9gangopenaccess (DOT) org>

Subject: Re: MRSA, the REAL cure!

hypothyroidism

Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 11:43 PM

Yee HAW, Neil, you ROCK! :-D

Sam :-)

>

> Ok...I have now done my research on MRSA.

>

> You are both wrong, the REAL cure is a big bong load of the " good

stuff " :-)

>

> Neil

>

>

> Cannabinoids kill hospital superbug MRSA

>

> Posted in Infectious Disease

> <http://www.worldhea lth.net/list/ news/infectious_ disease>, Medical

> Marijuana <http://www.worldhea lth.net/list/ news/medical_ marijuana>

on

> Mon September 08, 2008

>

> Chemicals found in marijuana called Cannabinoids may prove useful

in the

> fight against the antibiotic-resistan t superbug MRSA

> (methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus), new research

suggests.

>

> Results of a study by researchers in Italy and the UK has revealed

that

> the five major cannabinoids in the /Cannabis sativa/ plant are

effective

> against different strains of MRSA. Two of the cannabinoids tested

are

> nonpsychotropic, which means that they do not possess the mood-

altering

> properties associated with marijuana. Furthermore, the researchers

found

> that the cannabinoids kill bacteria in a different way to

traditional

> antibacterial drugs, thus meaning that MRSA may not be able to

develop

> resistance against them.

>

> The authors write: " Although the use of cannabinoids as systemic

> antibacterial agents awaits rigorous clinical trials and an

assessment

> of the extent of their inactivation by serum, their topical

application

> to reduce skin colonization by MRSA seems promising. "

>

> The study authors said that their findings highlight the need for

> further study into the antibacterial properties of

cannabinoids: " this

> plant represents an interesting source of antibacterial agents to

> address the problem of multidrug resistance in MRSA and other

pathogenic

> bacteria. This issue has enormous clinical implications, since MRSA

is

> spreading throughout the world and, in the United States, currently

> accounts for more deaths each year than AIDS. "

>

> Appendino G, Gibbons S, Giana A, Pagani A, Grassi G, Starvi M,

E,

> Rahman MM. Antibacterial Cannabinoids from Cannabis sativa: A

> Structure--- Activity study. /Journal of Natural Products/.

> 2008;71:1427- 1430.

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