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Progress towards the clinical use of antimicrobial peptides: challenges and opportunities
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Introduction: To overcome the challenge of multidrug resistance, natural and synthetic peptides are candidates to become the basis of innovative therapeutics, featuring diverse mechanisms of action. Traditionally, the time elapsed from medical discoveries to their application is long. The urgency derived from the emergence of antibiotic resistance recommends an acceleration of research to put the new weapons in the hands of clinicians.
Areas covered: This narrative review introduces ideas and suggestions of new strategies that may be used as a basis upon which to recommend reduced development times and to facilitate the arrival of new molecules in the fight against microbes.
Expert opinion: Although studies on new innovative antimicrobial treatments are being conducted,
sooner rather than later, more clinical trials, preclinical and translational research are needed to
promote the development of innovative antimicrobial treatments for multidrug resistant infections.
The situation is worrying, no less than that generated by pandemics such as the ones we have just experienced and conflicts such as world wars. Although from the point of view of human perception, resistance to antibiotics may not seem as serious as these other situations, it is possibly the hidden pandemic that most jeopardizes the future of medicine.
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ESPINAL, Paula, et al. Progress towards the clinical use of antimicrobial peptides: challenges and opportunities. Expert Opinion On Biological Therapy. 2023. Vol. 23, num. 7, pags. 641-650. ISSN 1471-2598. [consulted: 15 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/227610