The boy found the pancreatic cancer cell resistance from the bees

Nguyen Xuan Hai is passionate about chemistry since childhood. From his teacher, Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai (Head of Chemistry Department, University of Natural Sciences, National University of Ho Chi Minh City), Hai started to care about propolis (a self-adhesive bee glue). export to fill holes in your nest.

Hai said that in many countries like Japan, Brazil, and the United States, propolis is produced and supplied to the market as much as honey and beeswax. But in Vietnam, propolis is also a new thing, many people do not know its use has removed it when harvesting honey, beeswax. It is this that makes Hai curious to find out, what special propolis has for human health.

Nguyen Xuan Hai is a teacher admired by many students.

Since 2010, Nguyen Xuan Hai began to learn more about propolis. In the process of exploring, he discovered a bee with no magnets, only in Vietnam, the world has not yet published. He took samples and sent them to the Central Bee Research Institute, Hanoi. Here, under the support of Dr. Le Quang Trung, this bee was identified as a beet (English name is stingless bee).

Bringing extract of the substance in the propolis was taken in Ben Tre province and tested on human pancreatic cancer cells, Nguyen Xuan Hai found that these substances are resistant to cancer cells.

Accidentally, during the study of the beeswax from bees living in mango growing areas in the South, Hai also discovered the chemical composition and activity of pancreatic cancer cells (panc-1). of mango bark (scientific name is mangifera indica).

"In the past, mangoes were only for fruit, no one cared for its body, I was also surprised by this discovery," Hai said.

Besides passion for scientific research, Nguyen Xuan Hai actively participates in community activities.

Hai said that the study of propolis and the research topic of possible compounds of panc-1 pancreatic cancer cells and psn-1 from Ben Tre's propolis (minor trigona) hoped. will open a door to the production of functional foods that aid in the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

He was excited: " Pancreatic cancer is a very dangerous cancer, the world has not found a cure. Meanwhile, in Vietnam, I observe, propolis is a thing that is often discarded, that is If you study functional foods from propolis, to support pancreatic cancer patients, that's a great thing. "

Both father and mother worked in the pharmaceutical industry, Nguyen Xuan Hai was supported to participate in scientific activities. He said, finding love and passion with the work he is doing.

Nguyen Xuan Hai was awarded the Golden Globe Award in 2016 in the field of medical and pharmaceutical technology.

Passionate about science, Nguyen Xuan Hai had 17 research projects published in international journals, 22 research papers published in domestic journals, 4 reports at the International Conference.

He is the leader of 3 grassroots projects:

Study to compare antioxidant activity, total polyphenol content in Vietnamese propolis and some countries, February 2011 - February 2012, excellently accepted.

Isolation of compounds that are capable of causing panc-1 pancreatic cancer and psn-1 toxicity from papaya (trigona minor) in Ben Tre, Vietnam, September 2013 - September 2014, tested pretty good collection.

Study on chemical composition and activity of pancreatic cancer cell resistance (panc-1) of mango stem bark (mangifera indica), 2015 - 2016, is being checked.