Few people consider wasps to be beneficial insects. In the summer they appear, mainly in hot weather. Wasps can't fly past sweets. They hurt very badly. If an adult is bitten by a wasp, then he may have an allergic reaction. But there is one very positive effect from them. The venom of some wasps has a strong anti-cancer effect. This property contains the poison of the Brazilian wasp. Scientists were figuring out how to develop a cure for incurable cancer.
Healing Poison
Brazilian wasp venom may soon become a new drug in the fight against cancer. More recently, it turned out that the poison of these particular wasps has such a healing property. They only live in Brazil. The bottom line is that the poison does not have its toxic effect on all affected areas.
Polybia Paulista wasp venom contains Polybia-MP1 peptide. It acts on some areas of the body affected by a malignant neoplasm. First of all, these are prostate cancer cells, leukemia, and a malignant tumor of the bladder. These malignant neoplasms are highly resistant tomany drugs.
Brazilian wasp
The Brazilian wasp or polystyna belongs to the subfamily of social, or paper wasps. Wasps of the genus Polybia have a very complex behavior. They build very multi-faceted honeycombs with countless exits to the outside. Worker wasps live in the combs. They are founded by a single female. They inhabit the tropical part of South America. They live in Brazil. Brazilian wasp venom helps suppress cancer.
Effect of poison
Scientists from the University of Leeds, which is located in the UK, have long known that wasp peptide can destroy a malignant tumor. Therefore, they engaged in an in-depth study of the venom of the Brazilian wasp. Paul Beals and some other British scientists understood why there is such an amazing reaction to wasp venom. Poison peptides MP1 interacts well with lipids - fatty acids that supply cells with energy and form the membranes of he althy cells. The venom of the Brazilian wasp kills cancer cells by attacking the upper membrane and forming cuts in it, through which tumor cells can interact with he althy ones and be supplied with oxygen. At the same time, no harm is done to a normal working cell. The difference is that in a he althy cell, the inner layer consists of phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine, while in a cancerous cell, it acts as an outer layer.
New drug
The size of the opening of the pores, which are formed as a result of exposure to the poison of the Brazilian wasp, is very small. But this is enough for the RNA molecules and proteins to go beyond the outer layer of the cancer cell.
The British Biophysical Journal published an article on the topic "Cure from the venom of the Brazilian wasp", which was published by Paul Beals. In it, he details how wasp venom kills cancer cells. According to scientists, a deep study of its composition will make it possible to widely use medicines from poison in medicine for oncological diseases.
Checked by experience
To test their assumption, scientists conducted experimental studies. To do this, they developed a cell membrane model containing phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine. The membrane was exposed to the MP1 peptide. Then they began to observe the effect. Experienced scientists have seen that the presence of the phosphatidylserine component helps the Brazilian wasp venom to act on the cell membrane, and the combination of the phosphatidylethanolamine component with wasp venom destroys the upper layer of the cell membrane and makes small microcracks in it. Through such micropores, the affected cell begins to function normally.
Alternative method
In the near future, scientists plan to study in great detail the effect of the wasp venom peptide on the cell membrane affected by cancer. They want to multiply this healing effect many times over. Create a powerful cure for cancer from the venom of the Brazilian waspaction and a new form of safe anticancer drugs. This will greatly benefit cancer patients.
An alternative method of high-quality treatment in the fight against cancerous growths will be a great addition to methods such as radio and chemotherapy, which kill not only cancer-affected areas, but also completely he althy cells.
