Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to global public health, with approximately
5 million deaths associated with bacterial AMR in 2019. Tackling AMR requires a …

Despite significant progress in antibiotic discovery, millions of lives are lost annually to
infections. Surprisingly, the failure of antimicrobial treatments to effectively eliminate …

Peptide-based strategies have received an enormous amount of attention because of their
specificity and applicability. Their specificity and tumor-targeting ability are applied to …

Introduction As machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) expand to many
segments of our society, they are increasingly being used for drug discovery. Recent deep …

Encrypted peptides (EPs) have been recently described as a new class of antimicrobial
molecules. They have been found in numerous organisms and have been proposed to have …

Periodontitis is a biofilm‐induced, host‐mediated inflammatory disease that results in
periodontal tissue destruction. The design of functional biomaterials based on disease …

Drugs targeting the μ-opioid receptor (MOR) remain the most efficacious analgesics for the
treatment of pain, but activation of MOR with current opioid analgesics also produces …

Peptides constitute alternative molecules for the treatment of infections caused by bacteria,
viruses, fungi, and protozoa. However, their therapeutic effectiveness is often limited by …

Abstract Background Collagen peptides (CPs), valued for their health-promoting properties,
are increasingly used in nutritional supplements and functional foods. However, their …

In general, carriers are designed to deliver pharmaceutical (featuring small drug‐molecules)
and biopharmaceutical (featuring large‐molecule drugs, eg, antibodies, proteins, etc.) active …