Honeybee venom in Breast Cancer treatment

Breakthrough research Honeybee Venom as a Potential Weapon against breast Cancer. Cancer is rapidly ensnaring people worldwide resulting in many individuals losing their lives.

It can target any part of the body and various organs and in most cases cancer is not detected early often only becoming apparent in the second third or fourth stages.

Scientists are conducting various studies to combat this deadly disease aiming to save as many lives as possible.

Recently researchers from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research at the University of Western Australia conducted a study revealing that the venom of honeybees could be effective in killing cancer cells.

This research, conducted in 2020 was published in the international journal NPJ Nature Precision Oncology. For the study researchers examined the venom of 312 honeybees and bumblebees in Perth Western Australia, Ireland and England.

The findings Indicated that honeybee venom can rapidly destroy triple negative breast cancer and HER2-enriched breast cancer cells.

According to Dr. Ciara Duffy this is the first time anyone has compared the effects of honeybee venom or Melittin on all subtypes of breast cancer and normal cells.

What is Melittin the study found that melittin can destroy the membranes of cancer cells within 60 minutes. It also proved to be helpful in reducing the chemical movement of cancer cells in just 20 minutes which is considered essential for cancer cell growth and division.

The research suggests that melittin could be used alongside small molecules or chemotherapy to fight breast cancer. It was noted that this experiment was conducted on a mouse where it helped reduce cancer.