Study challenges the effectiveness of cannabis-based medicine for treating chronic pain

Researchers from the University of Bath’s Centre for Pain Research have contributed to a major international review into the safety and efficacy of cannabinoids when used to treat pain, including chronic pain in children and adults. Conducted for the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) and recently published across 13 linked scientific articles […]

Drug treatment could improve effectiveness of immunotherapy for cancer patients

While immunotherapy—a form of treatment that uses the body’s immune system to recognize, attack and kill tumor cells—has given hope to people across the globe, it fails in a significant proportion of cancer patients. However, a new study published in the Nature journal Cell Death Discovery on Monday, July 6, suggests that blocking the tumor-promoting […]