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Team designs multimodal synthetic peptide antibiotic from human cathelicidin

Work published in Cell Biomaterials describes engineering a synthetic antimicrobial peptide derived from the human cathelicidin family.

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By Priya Raman · Science Reporter
Apr 20 20:00 ETSource: Cell biomaterials

The wire

  1. 01Researchers report design of a multimodal synthetic peptide antibiotic derived from human cathelicidin.
  2. 02Host-defense peptide scaffolds are being pursued as candidates against drug-resistant bacteria.
  3. 03Preclinical efficacy, safety and development path are not detailed in the source excerpt.

From the source

Design of a multimodal synthetic peptide antibiotic derived from human cathelicidin

Cell biomaterials · 2026 Apr 21 · Kalimuthu S, Der Torossian Torres M, Leung YY et al.

Read at pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Source URL https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42746282/