medication can only be used to treat the often painful symptoms. but here in a private clinic a physician is trying something controversial. a therapy treating patients with bee venom instead of pharmaceuticals. [ speaking nonenglish ] typically asies ay doctors a to say take anti-inflammatories, shots, steroids. how did this come about using bee stings? we are in a breach between
study what the ingredients are or what the effects are of it. so it s really hard to know exactly what it is doing. reporter: but that may not matter because if some people believe kate is behind it, no doubt they will swarm. paula faris, abc news, new york. how about that? bee facial. 225 bucks in london. that s how much it s going to set you back. that s expensive. celebrities have jumped on board with this. victoria beckham and gwyneth paltrow. so maybe they know something we don t. get them off me! oh, man. sorry, dude. willis, i told you not to bring your fleas in here. bed bugs. we re in new york city after all. lying with dogs. you lie down with dogs. kill, kill, kill. i m not scared of any bees. bees. more from abc coming up next. don t go far. announcer: this is abc s world news now, informing
a beauty secret apparently shared with kate by her step mother-in-law camilla. it s being called the needle-free alternative to botox and reportedly has some women, well, buzzing. deborah mitchell claims to have pioneered the trendy new facial at a small salon in the uk called heaven. the facial s been compared to an organic, noninvasive face-lift that smooths out wrinkles. but not all dermatologists think it s the bee s knees. the most common complications would be an irritant reaction where your skin may become red and inflamed and may even blister. reporter: mitchell reportedly treated kate before the big day with her signature bee venom facial. but bee-lieve it or not, this isn t the craziest anti-aging regimen we ve seen. how about snake venom facials? how about bird dropping facials? even fish pedicures, all which they say could be more fad than fact. there s no scientific data. there s no clinical trial that
we were we re very interested in how molecules absorb to a special class of nano material called carbon nanotubes and we discovered there are a series of peptides in bee venom that can actually recognize and bind to an important class of chemicals called nitro aromatics, things that comprise common pesticides and explosives. so we found that these peptides, what will bind and change shape in response to these different types of molecules. when we take these peptides and attach them to a to a carbon nanotube we make a special sensor, a fluoresorescent senso like a tiny flashlight, that can turn off and on in response to a particular explosive or pesticide that you re trying to measure. what kind of explosives can it detect?
ordered the u.s. to reduce by half the 200 military trainers now in the country. and china finally confirming the visit of north korean leader kim jong-il. state run media says he met with chinese leaders and received beijing s renewed support. the visit comes as north korea faces an economic crisis and increasing isolation over its nuclear program. kim was quoted as saying he wanted to resume nuclear disarmament talks. well, bee venom and explosive detection. not two things that you think would normally go together. right? we ll explain how they do go together and how this all works together next in today s big i. of hat i couldn t do. the accident could have been my excuse to quit. i made it my reason to go even harder. [ male announcer ] helping people achieve without limits. at the hartford it s what we do. and why we re the founding partner of the u.s. paralympic team.