University of Otago scientists are harnessing the power of peptides—the body's own tiny protein molecules—for a spray to help the red meat industry solve headaches around bacterial contamination and ...

The World Health Organization estimates that antibiotic resistant infections kill more than a million people worldwide every year, so many researchers are actively looking for new ways to combat it.

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have engineered self‑assembling peptides that trap fast‑moving Gram-negative bacteria, preventing their escape and helping to control ...