mk2 Biotechnologies Invented Novel Usage of Antimicrobial Peptide (AMP) to Tackle Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotics are chemicals from microorganisms to protect against predators or competitors. Contemporary biotechnology utilizes this mechanism to treat patients with microbial infections. Unfortunately, the wide adaptation of this treatment has led to prevalent drug resistance. To address this issue, AMP serves as an alternative to antibiotics. It is highly specific and naturally occurring in human bodies. Furthermore, AMP has a broad spectrum of activities and possesses antiviral, antibacterial and anti-fungal functions.
Acknowledging the potency of AMP, mk2 Biotechnologies developed mk2 peptide & protein purification methods that could obtain AMP at low cost and high purity. Instead of using traditional chromatography to obtain a limited amount of AMP, their stirred tanks, filtration & water-based buffers could largely increase the purified products. The highlights of this purification process would be a high-throughput process, fully scalable process design, high yields and absence of expensive or toxic materials.
