May 2022

Antimicrobial Peptides: Exploring the Mechanisms of Action This entry was posted on May 24, 2022 by Michael Jennings. Antimicrobial peptides, or AMPs, refer to a heterogeneous class of compounds present in a variety of organisms, including human beings. Over the years, the compounds have been isolated and successfully characterized. They have been described in a variety…

Peptide Therapeutics: Emerging Peptide Areas and Technologies This entry was posted on May 17, 2022 by Michael Jennings. It is estimated that the total number of naturally occurring peptides that have been successfully identified is about 7000. These peptides play a crucial role in human physiology including acting as growth factors, neurotransmitters, anti-infective, ion channel ligands,…

Peptides in Cancer Research: Therapies and Vaccines This entry was posted on May 10, 2022 by Michael Jennings. Cancer refers to the uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of those cells to attack cells in neighboring organs to form tumor masses before spreading to other parts of the body. Although angiogenesis, or the development of…

Antimicrobial Peptides’ Applications in the Treatment of Liver Cancer This entry was posted on May 3, 2022 by Michael Jennings. Antimicrobial peptides can be found in almost all species of plants, invertebrates and vertebrates. Most of the already identified antimicrobial peptides feature less than 100 amino acid residues as well as a myriad of common features, the…