HellTiger Posted September 28, 2016 Member ID: 23572 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 6 Topic Count: 336 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 1328 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 1646 Achievement Points: 12762 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 11/19/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 28, 2018 Birthday: 07/03/1990 Share Posted September 28, 2016 (edited) The polymers - which they call SNAPPs, or structurally nanoengineered antimicrobial peptide polymers - work by directly attacking, penetrating, and then destabilising the cell membrane of bacteria. Unlike antibiotics, which 'poison' bacteria, and can also affect healthy cells in the area, the SNAPPs that Lam has designed are so large that they don't seem to affect healthy cells at all. "With this polymerised peptide we are talking the difference in scale between a mouse and an elephant. The large peptide molecules can't enter the [healthy] cells." http://www.sciencealert.com/the-science-world-s-freaking-out-over-this-25-year-old-s-solution-to-antibiotic-resistance Edited September 28, 2016 by HellTigris Scoarch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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