Background: Antimicrobial peptides play an important role in the innate immune system.
Possessing broad-spectrum antibacterial activity, antimicrobial peptides can quickly treat …

The World Health Organization (WHO) in their 2014 report describe cancer as “one of the
leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide” and is the second leading cause of …

We report a new class of cationic amphiphilic peptides with short sequences, G (IIKK) n I-
NH2 (n= 1–4), that can kill Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria as effectively as …

Peptides are naturally produced by all organisms and exhibit a wide range of physiological,
immunomodulatory, and wound healing functions. Furthermore, they can provide with …

Cancer is one of the most deadly diseases worldwide. In the last three decades many efforts
have been made focused on understanding how cancer grows and responds to drugs. The …

Human cancer remains a cause of high mortality throughout the world. The conventional
methods and therapies currently employed for treatment are followed by moderate-to-severe …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are part of the innate immune defense mechanism of many
organisms. Although AMPs have been essentially studied and developed as potential …

Peptides are a novel class of anticancer agents embracing two distinct categories: natural
antibacterial peptides, which are preferentially bound by cancer cells, and chemically …

Anticancer peptides (ACPs) are cationic amphipathic peptides that bind to and kill cancer
cells either by a direct-or indirect-acting mechanism. ACPs provide a novel treatment …

Antimicrobial resistance is a multifaceted crisis, imposing a serious threat to global health.
The traditional antibiotic pipeline has been exhausted, prompting research into alternate …