Can a scorpion-venom peptide tackle drug-resistant wound infections?
Opistophthalmus carinatus , a southern African scorpion whose venom contains opistoporin 1, the parent peptide from which researchers derived the shorter antimicrobial peptide…
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By Priya Raman · Science Reporter
Oct 29 13:35 ETSource: Nature
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Read at nature.comCan a scorpion-venom peptide tackle drug-resistant wound infections?
Opistophthalmus carinatus , a southern African scorpion whose venom contains opistoporin 1, the parent peptide from which researchers derived the shorter antimicrobial peptide Opis16a. Credit: Dan Lee / CC0 1.0
