人々の “健康促進” のために!

人々の “健康促進” のために!
2015年春、沖縄の琉球大学キャンパス内 (産学共同研究棟) に立ち上げた “PAK研究センター” の発足メンバー(左から4人目が、所長の多和田真吉名誉教授)
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2009年6月8日月曜日

A New Challenge: Bee Farming at Home

Last Saturday (June 6th), I finally managed to buy an old brick house (built
in an early 1940s) standing on a small land of around 400 m2, Brunswick
West in outskirts of Melbourne. It has two bedrooms, a separate extra bed/office
room (to be used as a library for me), and a relatively large garden space.
Around October 2, I shall move in this new home from my humble one-room
cabin (called "Abe's Cabin") in North Melbourne which I rent just for 12
months. Abe is a nick name of Abraham Lincoln who spent his childhood in
a log cabin, before he became a lawyer and eventually the 16th US President
to abolish the slavery for good.

My very first task at this home is to start growing a few aromatic flower
plants such as Brunflesia and Jasmin in this garden. Then I shall start
trying bee farming at home, hoping to produce a home-made "aromatic" propolis
and honey.

As I mentioned before, propolis is the major natural source of potent anti-cancer
ingredients such as CAPE (caffeic acid phenethyl ester) and ARC (Artepillin
C) that block selectively the oncogenic kinase PAK1. This kinase is required
for the growth of more than 70% of human cancers and NF (neurofibromatosis)
tumors as well as several aging diseases such as Alzheimer's (AD) and arthritis.

In addition propolis is good for protecting us from infectious (bacterial/viral) diseases
such as AIDS and chicken/swine flu. Since this kinase normally shortens
our life span by inactivating the tumor suppressor "FOXO", anti-PAK1 products
such as propolis would prolong significantly our life in good health.

I hope my new neighbors in this suburbs would not reject this bee farming
project of mine, because it would eventually improve their QOL (quality
of life) as well...

to be continued

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