Researchers from the University of Jerusalem have managed to manipulate the number of cannabinoids within a cannabis plant.
Per investigators, the goal of the study was to “intervene in the biochemical pathways in the cannabis plant” to manipulate the production of active substances.
This was achieved by manipulating a neutralized active virus in the plant. “We examined the infected plants and found that the levels of the substances in question had, indeed, risen,” the researchers are quoted as writing.
“These study results will be valuable both to industry, to increase the yield of active substances, and to medical researchers to cultivate and develop new strains for medical cannabis users,” Vainstein explained.
The University of Jerusalem has done some groundbreaking work in the field of cannabis since the 1970s, including synthesizing important cannabinoids such as THC, CBD and CBG.
The most recent study is touted
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