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  What is California’s Proposition 65? Proposition 65 was enacted to protect consumers from carcinogens and toxic chemicals that may cause reproductive damage by enforcing businesses to include warning labels on products having such chemicals. Proposition 65 is also known as California’s 1986 Safe Water and Toxic Enforcement Act. California’s Proposition 65 requires all cannabis businesses in the supply chain, including manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to include warning labels on the cannabis products they sell. The proposition is a mandate for any company that sells products in California, irrespective of the geographical location of the company. Cannabis smoke was added to the list of approximately 1,000 chemicals by California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) in 2009 and Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) was added to the list in January 2021. Cannabis or hemp-derived products containing measurable amounts of THC, even if less than 0.3%, must...

Given the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic globally, virtual COVID-19 biobanks are proving to be an indispensable tool in accelerating research geared towards finding a cure for the same. As of May 2021, COVID-19 positive cases reported globally were about 164 million with 3.4 million deaths. About 1 in 5 positive cases develop a severe respiratory disease that may lead to multiorgan failure especially in those with underlying comorbidities. Mortalities in those with compromised immunity have been approximately 20%. Adaptive Immunity Current treatment approaches which include antibody-based drugs and convalescent plasma treatment have had little success. Consequently, clinical scientists are looking into novel approaches, specifically adoptive cell therapy, to combat the pandemic. It is now emerging that T-cells may offer greater protection from coronavirus than antibodies can. When plasma and antibodies are offered to vulnerable persons, they provide temporary immunity because they ...