A substance derived from hashish can be especially effective as an anti-inflammatory drug for treating rheumatoid arthritis, a doctoral student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem maintains. For her work with hashish as a therapeutic agent, Susanna Tchilibon, a 32-year-old immigrant from Milan, was been named a winner of this year’s Kaye Prizes for Innovations and Inventions at the university.
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