Episode 62 - Cannabis Treatment for Cancer and Obesity with Professor Marco Falasca

What if we told you that cannabis may help people survive pancreatic cancer? Or that cannabis could possibly be used to treat obesity? This is precisely what Professor Marco Falasca from the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute at Curtin University is working on at the moment. Marco specialises in cell metabolism research, with a lot of his recent work focussing on cannabis as a treatment for cancer and obesity. We chat with Marco about his impressive international CV that saw him leave his native Italy and includes stints at New York University, University College London, and Queen Mary University of London. Marco chats with us about how advanced his research into cannabis is, and some of the legal and funding challenges that cannabis research poses. You can read more about Marco and his work here: https://chiri.curtin.edu.au/research/researchers/professor-marco-falasca/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-15/can-cannabis-be-used-for-weight-loss/100829496