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Brian Blum

Mixing Medical Mushrooms And Cannabis For Cancer Care

According to the company Cannabotech, mushrooms may be able to supplement cancer treatment to reduce the amount of chemotherapy a patient needs. They are not psychoactive “magic mushrooms,” but medical mushrooms long used in Asia to boost the immune system. File photo. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Can cannabis cure breast cancer? Not yet, unfortunately. But according to Herzliya-based startup Cannabotech, when paired with medical mushrooms cannabis may one day be able to reduce the amount of chemotherapy patients need to take.

“We know that patients need a minimum amount of chemo, but a lot of people can’t survive this because of side effects, so they stop the treatment,” explains Elchanan Shaked, CEO of Cannabotech.

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