Marijuana's Key Ingredient Might Fight Alzheimer's (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

Charles Q. Choi Special to LiveScience LiveScience.com Thu Oct 5, 10:15 AM ET The active ingredient of marijuana could be considerably better at suppressing the abnormal clumping of malformed proteins that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's than any currently approved drugs prescribed for the treatment of the disease. Scientists report the finding in the Oct. 2 issue of the journal Molecular Pharmaceutics. About 4.5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images ...