Posted: 07 Sep 2015 09:00 PM PDT
Wasps, with their annoying manner to fly around your food and readiness
to bite you at any moment, definitely don't fall into the category of
cute creatures like bees and butterflies. However, it turns out that
they may be much more useful than we thought. New research published in
the Biophysical Journal reveals that the venom of the Brazilian social
wasp Polybia paulista contains a powerful anticancer ingredient. The
toxin called MP1 (Polybia-MP1) is able to kill tumor cells without
affecting healthy ones.
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