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 ...

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 ...

Amicoat has developed a peptide-based antimicrobial coating (AMC) technology with activity against a broad range of pathogens. It can be applied to medical devices to reduce the incidence and ...

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 ...

In the Nanovision project, researchers at Empa and the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen are developing novel nanocomplexes that kill resistant germs and protect the eye tissue at the same time. In ...

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.

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