00:00Manuka honey is quite unique in that it gets its properties from the nectar of certain types
00:08of plants.
00:09So this is the leptospermum tree or tea tree.
00:12The stingless bee honey, on the other hand, is quite different because it seems to have
00:15the same properties regardless of what plants the bees were foraging on.
00:19So we don't know exactly what causes this unique activity yet, but we think it's likely
00:24something to do with how the bees are processing the nectar or something that the bees themselves
00:29are adding into the honey.
00:30So this is still early research, but there is really great potential for these honeys
00:34to be translated because honeys are edible, they're non-toxic, we already know that they're
00:38safe, and certain products are already on the market medicinally, such as Manuka honey.
00:43So the pathway to getting it out there would be a lot shorter than it would be for say
00:47a new antibiotic.
00:48But science can move quite slowly.
00:50I'm really hoping in the next couple of years to go further with this work, to identify exactly
00:55what those unique compounds are, to test against some antimicrobial resistant microbes and to
01:00even go and do some preclinical and clinical trials to see if we can actually get this out
01:04there as a product.
01:06So fingers crossed.
01:07Let's go.
01:16Let's do this.
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