Honeybee venom - An Anti-cancerous Agent
Hi Folks!! Follow our blog on Instagram In 2020, Perkins researchers uncovered that honeybee venom could kill breast cancer cells while leaving normal healthy cells unaffected. This remarkable discovery showed that a specific concentration of honeybee venom can completely destroy cancer cell membranes within 60 minutes and induce 100% cancer cell death with minimal effect on normal cells. The researchers went on to synthesize a key component in honeybee venom, called Melittin , to continue their studies without impacting the honeybee populations. Currently, Dr. Edina Wang has enthusiastically taken on this project, striving to improve the melittin compound and make it more effective by the addition of components that will enhance the way it recognizes and targets cancer cells. Dr. Edina Wang has also begun testing the targeted melittin on ovarian cancer cells and found that they are extremely effective with a six-fold improvement in anti-cancer outcomes over the melittin al...