Development and challenges of antimicrobial peptides for therapeutic applications

More than 3000 antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been discovered, seven of which have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Now commercialized, these seven peptides have mostly been utilized for topical medications, though some have been injected into the body to treat sever...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chen, Charles H., Lu, Timothy K
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
Format: Article
Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125556