All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September Honeybee venom found to kill aggressive breast cancer cells Honeybee venom found to kill aggressive breast cancer cells 02/09/2020 | 3 MINS Honeybee venom has been found to induce cancer cell death in aggressive breast cancer according to new research by a team at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and Lombok Institute of Technology. Using the venom from 312 honeybees and bumblebees in Western Australia, Ireland and England, Dr Ciara Duffy tested the effect of the venom on the clinical subtypes of breast cancer, including triple-negative breast cancer, which has limited treatment options. Results published in npj Precision Oncology revealed that honeybee venom rapidly destroyed triple-negative breast cancer and HER2-enriched breast cancer cells. Dr Duffy said the aim of the research was to investigate the anti-cancer properties of honeybee venom, and a component compound, melittin, on different types of breast cancer cells. ΓÇ£We tested a very small, positively charged peptide in honeybee venom called melitti
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September Honeybee venom found to kill aggressive breast cancer cells Honeybee venom found to kill aggressive breast cancer cells 02/09/2020 | 3 MINS Honeybee venom has been found to induce cancer cell death in aggressive breast cancer according to new research by a team at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and Lombok Institute of Technology.
Using the venom from 312 honeybees and bumblebees in Western Australia, Ireland and England, Dr Ciara Duffy tested the effect of the venom on the clinical subtypes of breast cancer, including triple-negative breast cancer, which has limited treatment options.
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Results published in npj Precision Oncology revealed that honeybee venom rapidly destroyed triple-negative breast cancer and HER2-enriched breast cancer cells.
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Dr Duffy said the aim of the research was to investigate the anti-cancer properties of honeybee venom, and a component compound, melittin, on different types of breast cancer cells.
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ΓÇ£We tested a very small, positively charged peptide in honeybee venom called melitti
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