Honey bee as apitoxin, carries several active components, the most abundant of which is melittin, and the most biologically active are enzymes, particularly phospholipase A2. Bee venom is under laboratory and clinical research for its potential properties and uses in reducing risks for adverse events from bee venom therapy, rheumatoid arthritis, and use as an immunotherapy for protection against allergies from insect stings. Bee venom products are marketed in many countries, but, as of 2018, there are no approved clinical uses for these products which carry various warnings for potential allergic reactions. With an increased number of honey bees in a specific
Jordi Sort Viñas in Experimental Physics by the Spanish Royal Physical Society (2003) and, more recently, the Materials Science & Technology Prize from the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS) (2015). He also received the Extraordinary Award for his PhD Dissertation at UAB and was awarded the Young Scientific Prize at the ISMANAM Conference in Paris in 2005. Scholar Google: https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=dL1kqukAAAAJ&hl=ca&oi=ao Jordi Sort Viñas Prof. Jordi Sort (Terrassa, 1976) is a Catalan Physicist working as an 'ICREA Research Professor' (Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in Spain. He leads the “Group of Smart Nanoengineered Materials,