Cannabis genome sequenced - Democratic Underground

pokerfan

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Thu Aug-18-11 01:04 PM
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Cannabis genome sequenced

McKernan says he was turned on to the idea of sequencing cannabis by a 2003 publication in Nature Reviews Cancer about the many potential uses – including fighting cancer – of cannabinoids. C. sativa makes about sixty of the compounds. Although THC has gotten the most attention, McKernan hopes his company’s data will help scientists explore a few of the others, and perhaps guide plant breeding programs to generate new Cannabis strains.

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/08/weed_sequenced_no_really_weed.html

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Ian David

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Thu Aug-18-11 01:06 PM
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1. Now, you reprogram e. Coli to produce THC.

It will colonize everyone's colon and keep the world stoned all the time.

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pokerfan

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Thu Aug-18-11 01:11 PM
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2. They could not legally perform the research here

so it was done in The Netherlands.

The genomic data is expected to aid in the advancement of research on the therapeutic benefits of the Cannabis plant for a wide range of health conditions, including cancer and inflammatory diseases.
http://www.thestreet.com/story/11224165/1/medicinal-genomics-sequences-the-cannabis-genome-using-roche8217s-gs-flx-system.html

No accepted medical use, huh? :banghead:

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Thu Aug-18-11 01:12 PM
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3. This breakthrough could take Farts to a whole new level of appreciation

Edited on Thu Aug-18-11 01:14 PM by SpiralHawk

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patrice

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Thu Aug-18-11 01:18 PM
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4. I posted a sticky for this movement yesterday. It was the one with the photo of a

belly-dancer on it. Took that picture myself. I think you can prolly find it on Grovelbot's Big Board.

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