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Cannabics Pharmaceuticals Partners With NewCanna to Commence Research Based on Colombian Indigenous Cannabis Landraces
Cannabics Pharmaceuticals Partners With NewCanna to Commence Research Based on Colombian Indigenous Cannabis Landraces.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nCannabics Pharmaceuticals Partners With NewCanna to Commence Research Based on Colombian Indigenous Cannabis Landraces\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCannabics Pharmaceuticals Partners With NewCanna to Commence Research Based on Colombian Indigenous Cannabis Landraces\nResearch Will Focus on Gastrointestinal Cancers\nPR Newswire\nTEL AVIV, Israel and BETHESDA, Maryland, Feb. 25, 2020\n\n\n\nTEL AVIV, Israel and BETHESDA, Maryland, Feb. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Cannabics Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OTCQB: CNBX), a leader in personalized cannabinoid medicine focused on cancer and its side effects, announced today that it has signed an agreement with NewCanna Hub, a company located in Colombia, under which the two companies will research the anti-tumor effects of cannabinoid profiles found in indigenous Colombian landraces, which will focus on gastrointestinal cancers.\nNewCanna Hub is a multidisciplinary cannabis platform engaged in genetic advancement, stabilization, optimization, and commercialization of cannabis cultivars. The Company's research combines 21st-century technology merged with ancient ancestral knowledge provided by Caucannabis, the oldest established cooperative of indigenous cannabis cultivators in Colombia, in partnership with 1,600 micro licensed Colombian cultivators. NewCanna has amassed one of the world's most extensive assortment of legally registered landraces and hybrid cannabis cultivars. This portfolio includes several landraces, unique to Colombia.\nCannabis Landraces, such as Colombian Gold, Santa Marta Gold, Mango Biche, PatiMorada, and Punto Rojo, which will be studied, are native plant populations that have developed over the centuries and have adapted to the environmental conditions of their geographical location, developing unique characteristics over time. Having grown indigenously for so many years, landrace cultivars didn't experience variations from plant to plant and maintain compound consistency. \nThe very isolated Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains, home of the Colombian Gold landrace, is one of the world's ...