Scientists then recreated melittin synthetically in the lab and got almost identical results, meaning no bees need to be harmed to develop the therapy.

qeq -

Your remark about vegans reminded me how, in a way, veganism is like homosexuality: OK if that's your thing, you shouldn't be attacked for it or have meat forced on you that you don't like ;) - but asserting it as a moral imperative and something prideful to celebrate is a hard no, the type of no reserved for things that, if adopted universally, could possibly jeopardize the longterm survival of the human species