TUMOR BUZZ DIAGNOSIS ANNUJA ANANDARADJE The last 50 decades has seen a better understanding of cause and treatment of cancer. Hence early detection and technology has improved the prognosis of cancer patients. But, the cancer screening tests are money consuming; so to make it cost effective, researchers have recently discovered that the honey bees [Apis mellifera] can be trained to detect cancer. A Portuguese designer SUSANA SOARES took the knowledge of bees [having powerful sense of smell] and developed a device that utilizes trained bees to detect tumor. Apis mellifera‘s capability to detect odors are more sensitive than that of a dog. Bees can be trained by PAVLOV’S REFLEX, to detect specific chemical odors which include certain biomarkers associated with lung, skin, pancreatic cancer and tuberculosis. A dual glass diagnostic tool designed by SUSANA SOARES incorporates specially trained honeybees to sniff out signs of diseases [cancer].(i.e.) Bees are simply placed in a glass chamber and the patient exhales into it. If the bees detect any tumor biomarkers, they fly into the smaller secondary chamber. Bees generally don’t live long lives., but this method is still effective that they can be trained in just 10 minutes by using Pavlov’s conditioning, which converts certain odor with food reward[ sugar water]once taught, bees remember for the entirety of 6 weeks long life. Thus making prognosis of illness simple and cost effective.

2.  A HONEY BEE IS ANY BEE MEMBER OF
THE GENUS APIS
 ONLY 7 SPECIES RECONIZED AMONG 44
 BEST KNOWN HONEY BEE –WESTERN
HONEY BEE (honey and crop pollination)
 MELITTOLOGY

3.  WESTERN/ EUROPEAN HONEY BEE
 APIS – MOST COMMON SPECIES
 APIS – IN LATIN –BEE
MELLIFERA - HONEY- BEARING

4.  THEY ARE EUSOCIAL, CREATING
COLONIES WITH,1)QUEEN
2)WORKERS
3)DRONES
 COLONY ACTIVITIES –
(COMMUNICATION):
1) ODOR
2) DANCE MOVEMENTS

5.  AVERAGE LIFE SPAN OF QUEEN: 3-5
YRS.
 Note:PROBLEMS FACED BY WORKERS
IN SPRING AND SUMMER.
 ON AVERAGE 1%OF COLONY WORKER
BEES DIE PER YEAR NATURALLY

6.  APIS MELLIFERA TRAINED TO DETECT
BIOMARKERS OF DISEASES LIKE
CANCER AND ALSO EXPLOSIVES.
 SO ACUTELY SENSITIVE
 DEVELOPED BY,……

7.  POTUGUESE SCIENTIST –SUSANA
SOARES
 DEVELOPED TECHNIQUE TO TRAIN
BEES – PAVLOV’S REFLEX
 DESIGNED A SPECIAL
GLASS CHAMBER

8.  EXTRAORDINARY SENSE OF SMELL
 BENEFICIAL FOR CROP POLLINATION
 VERY POOR OPTICAL ACUITY
 YET HAS 170 ODOR RECEPTORS

9.  MORE SENSITIVE THAN SNIFFER DOGS
 DEPENDENCY:*ODORANT RECEPTOR
chemical to electrical signals
info from environment to brain

10. Archaegnatha sp. ( BRISTLE TAIL) 0
Aedes aegypti (YELLOW FEVER
MOSQUITO)
110
Apis mellifera (HONEY BEE) 170
Family : Formicidae( EUSOCIAL
ANTS)
>400

11.  JEFF BITTERMANN(1980’S)
 CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
 TRAINED IN 5 MIN. DETECTED BY ‘PER’(
pavlov’s extension reflex)
 HONEY BEES- 98% ACCURATE– 10 min
SNIFFER DOGS- 71% PRECISE_ 3
months

12.  THE GLASS DIAGNOSTIC TOOL
1) BIGGER CHAMBER – TRAINED
BEES
2) SMALLER CHAMBER -
PATIENT’S
BREATH

13. DIAGNOSTIC
TOOL

14. TEST POSITIVE
FOR TUMOR
TEST NEGATIVE
FOR TUMOR

15.  If trained bees enter into the chamber,
then it indicates that a person is positive
for tumor.
 If the trained bees remain outside in the
bigger chamber, then the person is
negative for tumor.
 Bees are trained for volatile tumor
biomarkers in the patient’s breath.

16.  TRAINED BEES COUNTER- TERRORIST
OPERATIONS
 OCCURS PARCTICAL AND LOGISTICAL
PROBLEMS
 SO DEVICE AUTOMATED

19. SAVE BEES FOR A HEALTHY FUTURE.

20. THANK
YOU
GREAT
MINDS.