GemmaToulson commented Compound found in cannabis helps 'shrink' four-year-old's brain...

The family of a four-year-old boy from Nottinghamshire are backing new research into whether a non-psychoactive compound found in cannabis can reduce paediatric brain cancer cells. Experts from Nottingham's Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre, at The University of Nottingham, will test Cannabidiol (CBD) for its effects on paediatric brain tumours in youngsters. In this its 20th anniversary year, the centre needs to raise at least £100,000 to fund the new project and has just received..