Liam Davenport December 12, 2024 19 Added to Email Alert The story of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), particularly in tackling antibiotic resistance, has been one of false dawns and unfulfilled promises. But perhaps a new generation of “smarter” compounds could see them find a wider role in clinical practice, said experts.Henrik Franzyk, MSc Engineering AMPs may...
Tag: <span>Antimicrobial Peptides</span>
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Treatment with a mixture of antimicrobial peptides found to impede antibiotic resistance
JULY 2, 2024 by Public Library of Science Credit: Bar Manon (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Created with Biorender. A common infection-causing bacteria was much less likely to evolve antibiotic resistance when treated with a mixture of antimicrobial peptides rather than a single peptide, making these mixtures a viable strategy for developing new antibiotic treatments. Jens Rolff...
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Princeton Chemistry discovers new pathway for antimicrobial peptides
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IMAGE: BACTERIAL GENES KGRA-E, SHOWN AS ARROWS AT THE TOP, ENCODE FOR THE ENTEROPEPTIN PRECURSOR PEPTIDE AND FOUR TAILORING ENZYMES. THESE ENZYMES MODIFY THE CORE AND REMOVE THE LEADER AND FOLLOWER SEGMENTS OF THE PRECURSOR TO PRODUCE ENTEROPEPTIN A. CREDIT: NATURE CHEMISTRY Researchers in the Princeton University Department of Chemistry have discovered a new multi-step...
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Nanoparticles enable efficient delivery of antimicrobial peptides
COMPUSCRIPT LTD Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. In this review article the authors Yingxue Deng, Rui Huang, Songyin Huang and Menghua Xiong from South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China and Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China discuss how nanoparticles enable efficient delivery of antimicrobial peptides for the...
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Antimicrobial peptides with anticancer properties
COMPUSCRIPT LTD Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. In this article the authors Zhong, Cuiyu; Zhang, Lei; Huang, Jiandong; Huang, Songyin; Yao, Yandan from Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; Guangzhou Regenerative Medicine and Health Guangdong Laboratory, Guangzhou, China and Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Guangdong, China review antimicrobial peptides with anticancer properties. There is...
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Antimicrobial Peptides Secreted From Human Cryopreserved Viable Amniotic Membrane Contribute to its Antibacterial Activity
Abstract Chronic wounds remain a large problem in the field of medicine and are often associated with risk of infection and amputation. Recently, a commercially available human cryopreserved viable amniotic membrane (hCVAM) has been shown to effectively promote wound closure and reduce wound-related infections. A sprevious study indicates that hCVAM can inhibit the growth of...