Honeybee venom kills breast cancer cells

[Still Waters]

Using the venom from 312 honeybees and bumblebees in Perth Western Australia, Ireland and England, Dr Ciara Duffy from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and The University of Western Australia, 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 the prestigious international journal npj Precision Oncology revealed that honeybee venom rapidly destroyed triple-negative breast cancer and HER2-enriched breast cancer cells.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/hpio-vfh090120.php

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41698-020-00129-0