The problem of drug resistance due to long-term use of antibiotics has been a concern for
years. As this problem grows worse, infections caused by multiple bacteria are expanding …

Chromoproteins are a class of delicate natural compounds that elegantly complex
photosensitive species with proteins and play a central role in important life processes, such …

Antibiotics are essential drugs used to treat pathogenic bacteria, but their prolonged use
contributes to the development and spread of drug-resistant microorganisms. Antibiotic …

More than 3000 antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been discovered, seven of which have
been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Now commercialized, these …

Intracellular delivery is a key step in biological research and has enabled decades of
biomedical discoveries. It is also becoming increasingly important in industrial and medical …

Apitherapy is an alternate therapy that relies on the usage of honeybee products, most
importantly bee venom for the treatment of many human diseases. The venom can be …

Honeybees produce honey, royal jelly, propolis, bee venom, bee pollen, and beeswax,
which potentially benefit to humans due to the bioactives in them. Clinical standardization of …

Bee venom (BV) is usually associated with pain since, when humans are stung by bees,
local inflammation and even an allergic reaction can be produced. BV has been traditionally …

Melittin (MEL), a major peptide component of bee venom, is an attractive candidate for
cancer therapy. This agent has shown a variety of anti-cancer effects in preclinical cell …

Self-assembled peptide nanostructures have been increasingly exploited as functional
materials for applications in biomedicine and energy. The emergent properties of these …