The New Antimicrobials: Cationic Peptides

Sara Wilcox | Pages 89-93 | BioTeach Online Journal | Vol. 2 | Fall 2004

Since the discovery of penicillin in 1929, many bacterial strains have developed a resistance to available antibiotics. It has therefore become necessary to search for alternative treatments to bacterial infections. Cationic Peptides are a current topic of investigation due to their innate toxicity to bacteria.