Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a formidable challenge in global health, marked by the declining effectiveness of traditional antibiotics against ...

Antimicrobial peptides are generally believed to kill bacteria through membrane permeabilization and extensive pore-formation 1. Assays providing rapid and easy evaluation of interactions between ...

In new research published today in PLOS ONE, we show that antimicrobial proteins isolated from oyster hemolymph (the ...

The Structural and Functional Diversity of Peptides Studies suggest that peptides may exhibit remarkable diversity in structure and function, which arises from variations in amino acid composition, ...

Antimicrobial peptides derived from a crab and a spider may provide the pathway to overcoming drug resistance in advanced melanoma. QUT researchers based at Brisbane’s Translational Research ...

Principal investigator of lab studying antimicrobial peptides signaling at key microbe-host interfaces. Looks at how defensins contribute to skin, airway and urinary tract immunity by activating ...

Superbugs that are resistant to existing antibiotics are a growing health problem around the world. Globally, nearly five million people die from ...

Modern research has shown that the European brown frog’s skin peptides have significant antimicrobial properties, revealing why the practice of dropping the frog into milk was effective.

Kat Ciazynska began her studies at King’s College London, where she worked in James Mason’s lab, applying biophysical techniques to investigate interactions of antimicrobial peptides with ...

Researchers at Empa and the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen are developing new nanocomplexes to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria and protect ...