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Bee venom against breast cancer
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Australian research has shown that bee venom is remarkably effective in fighting aggressive breast cancer cells. The healthy cells remain undamaged.
The research conducted by the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research in Perth shows that the poison of honey bees disrupts the communication paths of the cancer cells. These paths are important for the growth of the cells. The substance mellitine, which the researchers extracted from the poison of 300 bees, makes a hole in the cell membrane that causes the cancer cell to die. In addition, the cavities ensure that chemotherapy can penetrate the cancer cell more easily. This means that mellitine can also be used in combination with existing chemotherapies.
Encouraging
The results of the study are very encouraging. The researchers collected and examined the poison of 312 honey bees and bumblebees from Western Australia, Ireland and England. However, the poison of bumblebees was not able to kill cells, but that of bees all the more. It is striking to see that the origin of bees does not matter; the poison of bees from all over the world works in a similar way.
The research conducted by the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research in Perth shows that the poison of honey bees disrupts the communication paths of the cancer cells. These paths are important for the growth of the cells. The substance mellitine, which the researchers extracted from the poison of 300 bees, makes a hole in the cell membrane that causes the cancer cell to die. In addition, the cavities ensure that chemotherapy can penetrate the cancer cell more easily. This means that mellitine can also be used in combination with existing chemotherapies.
Encouraging
The results of the study are very encouraging. The researchers collected and examined the poison of 312 honey bees and bumblebees from Western Australia, Ireland and England. However, the poison of bumblebees was not able to kill cells, but that of bees all the more. It is striking to see that the origin of bees does not matter; the poison of bees from all over the world works in a similar way.
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