Challenges in the development of next-generation antibiotics: opportunities of small molecules mimicking mode of action of host-defense peptides

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank the support from NIH 9R01AI152416-06.

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The authors have no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.

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A peer review on this manuscript has disclosed that they have more than 60 patents on antimicrobial peptides and have started 3 companies in this space although the companies highlighted in this review are not direct competitors. All other peer reviewers on this manuscript have no relevant financial relationships or otherwise to disclose.

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Funding

This word is supported by NIH 9R01AI152416-06.