New Israeli vaccine could save bees

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WATCH: New Israeli vaccine could save bees (Video at link)

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1101842.html


An Israeli company has developed a revolutionary new drug that could solve the problem of Colony Collapse Disorder, the disturbing syndrome that has been wiping out bee communities and threatening agricultural production all over the world.

The drug, Remembee, which was developed by Beeologics, has completed successful clinical trials on millions of bees in North America. Not only has it proved effective in maintaining bee health, but it also improved the longevity of bees and increased the honey in the hives.

Based on Nobel prize-winning RNAI technology, Remembee helps the bees overcome IAVP virus, also discovered in Israel, which has been associated with colony collapse in scientific literature. "It's really a tug of war between the virus and the host. We are helping the bee tug the rope more strongly and beat the virus. We take
advantage of an immune system that the bees elicit for viral disease. But we are really using naturally occurring phenomenon. It's not a
pesticide and it's not toxic," says Nitzan Paldi, CTO of Beeologics.

The US Department of Agriculture has been accompanying Beeologics with its FDA certification process due to the urgency of the need for the drug.

[Bankhead_ATL]

1. save the bees save the world

[orwell]

2. Fantastic News!

If it truly works, congratulations to the scientists at Beeologics!

[timeforpeace]

3. Another huge Israeli scientific discovery and gift to the world! Keep em coming.

Meanwhile, dinnerjacket's scientists have given us what?

[RandomThoughts]

4. Yea!!! Bees are cute. And they do alot of work in food production and for us to have flowers.

A short clip on the Bees waggle dance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7ijI-g4jHg

[JohnWxy]

7. Now, who you gonna get to give 'em their shots? huh?

No seriouosly, I hope this works. fantastic news.

[NickB79]

5. But does it give them autism?

:evilgrin:

[Nihil]

9. .

:popcorn:

[GliderGuider]

6. I have visions of bee vaccination clinics...

.. full of nurses equipped with magnifying glasses and tiny little hypodermic needles...

[RandomThoughts]

8. As long as their is a public option, so that their is not a monopoly

causing needless suffering of bees, the real workers of much of the pollination cycle.

[Javaman]

10. It's the massive hive foreclosures I'm worried about. nt