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SUBMITTER: Kumar P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5871973 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Kumar Prashant P Kizhakkedathu Jayachandran N JN Straus Suzana K SK
Biomolecules 20180119 1
Antibiotic resistance is projected as one of the greatest threats to human health in the future and hence alternatives are being explored to combat resistance. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have shown great promise, because use of AMPs leads bacteria to develop no or low resistance. In this review, we discuss the diversity, history and the various mechanisms of action of AMPs. Although many AMPs have reached clinical trials, to date not many have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administrat ...[more]