KENNESAW, Ga., Aug. 27 -- Kennesaw State University issued the following news release:

The paper on prenatal THC exposure is part of a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) while the Alzheimer's treatment project is a collaboration with his research mentee, Dr. Raj Amin, at Auburn University.

"What happens in the brain in both conditions is very similar," said Suppiramaniam, a professor of biology and the associate dean for research and graduate studies in the College of Science and Mathematics. "With the prenatal THC exposure, many kids now have low IQs and learning disabilities, and it's becoming a major public health problem. And Alzheimer's is becoming a public health problem, too. If we could find...