ContraFect Corporation
BLOOD COMPONENT POTENTIATION OF LYTIC PROTEIN ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY AND METHODS AND USES THEREOF

Abstract:

The present invention provides methods, assays, compositions, formulations, and constructs, particularly lytic peptide constructs, which relate to and are based on the activity and use of blood components, particularly serum albumin and lysozyme, and their activity and use to enhance or synergize with the bacterial killing effect of anti-bacterial lytic proteins and peptides.