Scientists have used a peptide from
Komodo dragon blood to create a drug that helps wound healing in mice.
So, Dr. Bishop and his colleagues wondered whether they could isolate CAMPs from
Komodo dragon blood, as they previously had done with alligator blood to expand the library of known CAMPs for therapeutic studies.
«Antimicrobial substances identified in
Komodo dragon blood.»
Not exact matches
A team of researchers at the College of Science at George Mason University has detected 48 antimicrobial peptides in the
blood plasma of
Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis), the largest living lizards.