Stockpiling Antibiotic Synbodies (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Stockpiling Antibiotic Synbodies

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Synbodies are selected on peptide chips containing a premade set of 10,000 peptides placed in neat rows on a microscope glass slide, called a microarray. To generate a synbody with antibiotic activity, a solution containing bacteria or viruses can be placed on the microarray. To save time, the group performed a pre-screen of a large number of pathogens on the microarray and found 100 peptides that would be diverse enough so that any pathogen screened would bind to two or more peptides.

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Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University

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