Researchers at Tel Aviv University have successfully treated autism in animal models with medical cannabis oil.

The researchers found that this treatment improves both behavioural and biochemical parameters of autism. The results of the surprising study were published in Translational Psychology published by Nature.

The research team was led by PhD student Shani Poleg and Prof. Daniel Offen of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Felsenstein Medical Research Center and Sagol School of Neuroscience,

“The usual process for testing new medications involves research in petri dishes, followed by animal models and finally a clinical study in humans,” explains Prof. Offen. “With medicinal cannabis, the process has been reversed: treatments began in humans.

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