Microbial Infections and Novel Biological Molecules for Treatment: 2nd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 411
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Interests: molecular biology; infectious diseases; biochemistry; natural product discovery; antimicrobial resistance
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Dear Colleagues,
It has been 35 years since the introduction of a new class of antibiotics. As such, new antibiotic agents are urgently needed, particularly in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Whilst AMR was first observed in bacterial species, it has also arisen in mycobacterial, viral, fungal, protozoal species and other types of species.
There have been candidates for novel antimicrobial drugs across a variety of structurally dissimilar compounds, showing promise as agents that may successfully treat microbial infections. However, this search continues as the rates of resistant infections increase. Ongoing studies are required to identify and fully characterize novel anti-infective drugs that are suitable for AMR infections so they can be treated successfully and the exacerbation of AMR can be prevented.
This special issue is a continuation of Volume I: “Microbial Infections and Novel Biological Molecules for Treatment”.
Dr. Matthew Cheesman
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microbial infections
- infectious diseases
- new antibiotics
- antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
- antimicrobial drugs
- active substance
- bacterial
- virus
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