| BIOLOGY | Immunology |
Antimicrobial Peptides
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Isolation of natural or chemically modified proteins and peptides displaying antibacterial activity, to be used as a tool for the control of antibiotic resistant infections. |
Bacteriophage Therapy
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Isolation of lytic bacteriophages directed against antibiotic resistant pathogens, namely S. aureus, M. tuberculosis or S. typhimurium. |
Immunogenetic
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bovine and other species, conferring resistance/susceptibility to pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis or Helicobacter pylori. Analysis of allelic combinations contributing to the resistance/susceptibility phenotype. |
Vaccines
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Bacteria rapidly become resistant to bacteriophages. However phage resistance is usually developed at the expense of virulence. Phage resistant bacterial strains, since avirulent, may behave as excellent vaccines. |