Anti microbial peptides

No to Releases of Transgenic Plants with Antimicrobial Peptides

Professor Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho

The evolution of resistance to antimicrobial peptides will severely compromise both the natural defence of the human immune system against disease and the possibilities of effective therapies emerging in the wake of the disaster of widespread antibiotic resistance. As versions of the peptides also provide defence against pathogens in other animals and plants, the ecological impact of resistant pathogens could be devastating.