Ganesh Thakur

Local researchers work to eliminate the high from medical marijuana

Professor Ganesh Thakur of Northeastern University has a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for his research in splitting up those properties. Thakur’s research is focusing on the development of compounds that will replicate the positive aspects of marijuana without the high. One of Thakur’s graduate students, Abhijit Kulkarni, said “This will […]

Hope that a prescription can mimic marijuana’s benefits

At Northeastern University, assistant professor of pharmacy Ganesh Thakur received a $2 million federal grant in September from the National Eye Institute to create a compound to treat glaucoma, an eye disease that blinds 60 million people worldwide. Thakur’s goal is to design a drug that mimics marijuana’s ability to reduce the fluid pressure inside […]