D8: a New Antimicrobial Peptide (IMAGE)

University of Pittsburgh

D8: a New Antimicrobial Peptide

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D8 is an engineered antimicrobial peptide designed to have a helix structure. It has proven more effective than its experimental predecessor and traditional last-resort antibiotics at fighting drug-resistant bacteria in laboratory cell cultures and mice.

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B. Deslouches/Pitt

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