 - Pot Smoking Not Linked to Lung Cancer
 Jan 29, 4:50am  (11 reviews) health, research, marijuana, medical-research, medical-marijuana http://www.webmd.com/lung-cancer/news/20...- The findings surprised the study's researchers, who expected to see an increase in cancer among people who smoked marijuana regularly in their youth.
"We know that there are as many or more carcinogens and co-carcinogens in marijuana smoke as in cigarettes," researcher Donald Tashkin, MD, of UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine tells WebMD. "But we did not find any evidence for an increase in cancer risk for even heavy marijuana smoking." Carcinogens are substances that cause cancer.
- New Study: Marijuana Does Not Cause Psychosis, Lung Damage, or Skin Cancer...
- Jan 29, 4:48am (11 reviews) drugs, research, marijuana, medical-research, medical-marijuana http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog...
- Reading coverage of marijuana research in the mainstream press increases the risk of becoming misinformed by 50-300%. More research is clearly needed to identify further sources of flawed marijuana reporting. The risk of bad reporting remains stable despite concerted efforts to inform the media that hysterical claims about marijuana frequently lack scientific merit. Exposure to poorly researched news about marijuana is correlated with support for costly, ineffective, highly punitive marijuana laws.
- Technology Review: Treating Muscular Dystrophy with Stem Cells
- Jan 22, 3:11am (1 review) science, stem-cells, treatment, medical-research, muscular-dystrophy http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/...
- Making muscle: Embryonic stem cells from mice were used to grow healthy, functional muscle fibers. The image above shows a mix of mouse embryonic stem cells (dyed green) and dystrophin (dyed red), a protein that is vital for proper muscle function.
Credit: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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