Scientists researching a toxin extracted from the venom of the honey bee have used this to inform the design of new treatments to alleviate the symptoms of conditions such as muscular dystrophy, depression and dementia.
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Monsanto Co (MON.N) has agreed to pay a $2.5 million fine for misbranding biotech cotton seeds in what regulators called the largest settlement of its kind for violating U.S. insecticide law.
Using a novel approach of successively neutralizing the bactericidal factors of medical-grade honey, researchers have isolated an antibiotic protein called defensin-1 that accounts for honey’s well known antibacterial properties, according a study published in The Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB).
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Scientists hoping to breed bees resistant to disease and harsh Welsh weather say they have been inundated by offers of help.
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Tagged breeding, uk
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Environmental monitoring has come a long way since the proverbial canary in the coal mine. Now we use bees.
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Tagged germany
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A new research led at the University of Strathclyde has suggested that bees could have a key role to play in urgently-needed new treatments to fight the virulent MRSA bug.
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Tagged mrsa, propolis
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HONEY bees are to be given greater protection under a ten-year strategy unveiled yesterday.
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Tagged funding, uk
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Beekeepers will discuss the latest developments in authenticating honey and other bee products at their national conference in Nelson this week.
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Cape honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis) can produce a new queen at any time, new Australian research reveals.
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Tagged queen
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UC Irvine researchers have developed the first “plastic antibodies” successfully employed in live organisms – stopping the spread of bee venom through the bloodstream of mice.
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Tagged bee venom, research
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