Two of them — Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus — may be treatable with
dragon blood peptides, says Bishop.
Not exact matches
To bring those possibilities closer to reality, Bishop and a handful of other researchers analyse
blood samples to pinpoint which
dragon peptides could have drug potential.
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.
Scientists have used a
peptide from Komodo
dragon blood to create a drug that helps wound healing in mice.