{"id":52897,"date":"2021-01-19T16:47:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T16:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/scientists-believe-that-cbd-can-kill-bacteria-that-causes-gonorrhea-and-meningitis\/"},"modified":"2021-01-19T16:47:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T16:47:58","slug":"scientists-believe-that-cbd-can-kill-bacteria-that-causes-gonorrhea-and-meningitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/scientists-believe-that-cbd-can-kill-bacteria-that-causes-gonorrhea-and-meningitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Believe CBD Can Kill Bacteria That Causes Gonorrhea and Meningitis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CBD can kill the bacteria responsible for gonorrhea, meningitis, and legionnaires disease<\/u><\/a>, according to new research conducted by the University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia. <\/p>\n

The UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience recently paired up with Australian medical cannabis firm Botanix Pharmaceuticals Limited to study how synthetic cannabinoids can combat treatment-resistant bacteria. The research team has discovered that cannabidiol (CBD) can kill several different strains of bacteria, which could pave the way for the first new class of antibiotics to be developed in over 60 years.<\/p>\n

“This is the first time CBD has been shown to kill some types of Gram-negative bacteria,\u201d said head researcher and UQ Associate Professor Mark Blaskovich in a statement<\/u><\/a>. \u201cThese bacteria have an extra outer membrane, an additional line of defense that makes it harder for antibiotics to penetrate.” Gram-negative bacteria can cause gonorrhea, meningitis, legionnaires disease, and other infections that are difficult to treat with traditional antibiotics.<\/p>\n