Acknowledgement
The authors would like to thank IC Sam for helpful discussions and critical review of the manuscript.
Financial & competing interests disclosure
The authors received research funding from University Malaya High Impact Research Grants (E000013-20001 and UM.C/625/1/HIR/014). The authors have a pending patent on the SP40 peptide. The authors have no other 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 apart from those disclosed.
No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.