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Ouachita Baptist University

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Alternative cancer treatments

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The Effect Of Cannabinoids On Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells, Haley Dahl Jan 2015

The Effect Of Cannabinoids On Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells, Haley Dahl

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Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) is a difficult type of cancer to treat because it is negative for progesterone, estrogen, and HER-2 receptors. Because TNBC is negative for these three receptors, it does not respond to normal hormonal therapies. The purpose of my experiment is to see if different cannabinoids, compounds from the cannabis plants, could be used as alternative treatment options. These experiments employed three different cannabinoids: ajulemic acid, cannabidiol, and hemp oil. Cell viability was measured after 72 hours of treatment using a MTT assay. The results showed that the three cannabinoids could be used to effectively destroy …