Cancer Wars: Revenge of the AMPs (Antimicrobial Peptides), a New Strategy against Colorectal Cancer.

ABSTRACT: Cancer is a multifaceted health issue that affects people globally and it is considered one of the leading causes of death with a high percentage of victims worldwide. In recent years, research studies have uncovered great advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment. But, there are still major drawbacks of the conventional therapies used including severe side effects, toxicity, and drug resistance. That is why it is critical to develop new drugs with advantages like low cytotoxicity and no treatment resistance to the cancer cells. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have recently attracted attention as a novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of various cancers, targeting tumor cells with less toxicity to normal tissues. The aim of the study was to discover alternate treatments that do not

SUBMITTER: Raileanu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10467133 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature