So, here we are, just outside Valencia, waiting for the tour to kick off tomorrow morning. Our base is a hotel in the middle of an industrial complex specialising in ceramics and bricks… well, the views can only get better!!
A hive of activity, the support team have spent the day picking up riders and volunteers from airports and train stations, who have been arriving from all over Europe and North America.
Meanwhile, some of the crew who got here yesterday have been out testing the bikes and getting used to the sun (It has been a long time for many of us!). So far, all signs are good!
The hotel entrance is filled with bikes and riders, getting busy (with the occasional break for refreshments on the sun terrace of course…)
Everybody is pumped for tomorrow, a ride of 130km through the orange fields of Valencia, before hitting some high country on days two and three
SO, follow us as we chart our course for Barcelona and Spannabis… The adventure starts
So this is it! This year’s Medical Cannabis Bike Tour is all set to ride. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we have raised €100,000 already. This is double what we raised last year and a fantastic achievement!
The bike tour leaves from Valencia on Tuesday March 11th and will arrive at the Spannabis Expo in Barcelona on Friday, March 14th, where we will be holding a press conference.
We will be bringing live updates through the tour, so spread the word and support us!
Our revolutionary road trip has riders from across Europe, the USA and Canada. We have over 50 people on this year’s tour, a convoy of support vehicles, and 400 km of hardcore cycling to complete.
The ride will take us through the Spanish countryside, from the tangerine fields of Valencia, through historical towns such as Tortosa and up and down the mountains of Catalunya. Check out our daily routes here:
Day 1: http://goo.gl/maps/7r4E3
Day 2: http://goo.gl/maps/Orq90
Day 3 : http://goo.gl/maps/3Jt16
We have some exciting plans for the money, which will be used for independent medical trials to study how cannabinoids may be used to treat cancers such as glioma and hope to announce details very soon…
Keep supporting the cause. You are helping us to make a difference!
During the tour this year we will be uploading a video report every night on our website, stay tuned to Updates on our facebook page: www.facebook.com/medicalbiketour
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Quick update on the work the team in Madrid are involved in, by the words of Prof. Guillermo.
–We have done in vitro experiments with Glioma initiating cell and have found that the combination of cannabinoids with other anticancer agents [and specifically with inhibitors of the growth factor midkine (MK) and the Anaplasic lymphoma kinase (ALK)] can eliminate these cells. This results could be important since the population of GICs is responsible for the high resistance to conventional therapies that exhibit the patients with Glioblastoma (the most frequent class of brain tumor).
– At the moment we are performing experiments in mice carrying brain tumors to test the effect of the combination of cannabinoids and ALK inhibitors in animal models of glioma and also melanoma.
This year we hope to achieve results that confirm these observations in vitro and in animal models of glioma and also investigate the mechanism of action of cannabinoids in glioma, particularly how activation of autophagy is required for the anticancer activity of cannabinoids.
We are also analyzing the effect of cannabinoid combinations in melanoma models in vitro and also in animal models of melanoma.
(In layman’s words, we expect to find results that support the utilization of cannabinoids in novel therapies to fight glioma and melanoma)
Thank you again for your support and please let us know if you require additional information.
All the best,
Guillermo
Also below is a pdf presentation of the work carried out by the team:
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Plans are going well for the 2014 bike tour. We have been busy promoting our great cause to our friends and fans at the Cultiva Hemp Expo in Austria and the Cannafest Expo in the Czech Republic.
We are getting close to reaching our goal of 50 riders for our next adventure, but we still have some places left, so if you want to ride, fill in our rider’s form and join us!
We already have some great sponsors on board who have been very, very generous! We still have some way to go to reach our target for 2014, but everywhere we go people are so supportive. Good vibes!
We still need more sponsors to join us – not just from inside the industry, but from businesses and sympathisers from across the world. Check out ‘Our programme’ to see how we are using the money we have raised so far.
Get a new bike for Christmas and hit the road with us in 2014!
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