Antimicrobial peptide against multiresistant bacteria.

Antimicrobial peptide of the ceropin family against multiresistant bacteria.

Invention patent No. 13140269 Colombia (granted); invention patent NC2018/0009648 Colombia (granted) and invention patent NC2021/0008459 Colombia (under evaluation).

Biotechnology, Health

Medicine, biotechnology, pharmaceutical sector.

Based on new modified cecropins and peptides and recombinant production methods with antimicrobial activity especially against Gram-negative bacteria including multidrug-resistant bacteria, with low cytotoxicity activity.

Decreases hospital stay and mortality associated with Gram-negative bacteria Base active ingredient for the design of medical devices or treatments.
Active against bacterial strains resistant to conventional antibiotics.
Fast-acting drug.
Antimicrobial drug with multiple targets of action.
Antimicrobial drug with difficult acquisition of resistance.

Universidad del Quindío.

TRL4