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Microbes have survived for millions of years by developing resistance to new stressors including biological antibiotics like penicillin. What simply occurs is that the bacteria, with an elevated rate of mutation, ends up modifying one or more of its enzymes that are used to destroy the link between a target protein and the antibiotic. As a resulting, the antibiotic doesn't work.
But to adapt to a peptide antibiotic that makes a hole in the cell membrane is a different story. To protect itself, the bacterium would have to change the entire composition of the cell wall. And to change the composition of a membrane would mean changing several of the enzymes that are responsible for making the intricate membrane in the first place.
Peptide antibiotics respond in minutes. Part of the reason for this rapid response is how the peptide works on the cell wall. But to kill a cell, the peptide must also quickly find the bacterial wall. How does this happen? The answer lies in the structure of the cell membrane.
The plasma wall of eukaryotic cells is much different than the wall of a prokaryotic cell. Eukaryotic cell membranes are constructed of a phospholipid bilayer and cholesterol. Consequently, these walls possess a low negative electrical charge. On the other hand, a bacterial wall is made up of fats and sugars. This difference in construction implies that bacteria have an elevated negative electrical charge that promptly attracts the peptide antibiotics.
Health Benefits
Peptide antibiotics are effective. In one medical trial for the treatment of meningitis, a disease that affects 3,000 children a year, a peptide antibiotic not only killed the bacterium which secretes the toxin, but it also bound to the toxin avoiding the harm the endotoxin inflicts. This is a promising new venue for research, and creating effective drugs.
But bringing a drug to medical trial is time consuming and expensive. It takes $300 million to bring a drug to public. This price includes every thing from discovery, identification, production and clinical trials. This process can also take 10 or more years to accomplish.
Fortunately we do not have to wait to get the benefits of antimicrobial peptides when fighting acne or skin injuries, for they can be addressed with the peptides and proteins included in the mucin of some species of land snails, the same they use to repair their own body and calcium shell whenever damaged.
The biological action of the snail's mucin is very effective against skin infections and acne inflammation, and without the pitfalls of pharmaceutical antibiotics or the side effects of harsh chemicals. The mucin also helps to get rid of the chemical inflammatory mediators (i.e. interleukin-6, hydrogen peroxide, histamines, bacterial toxins) that are significantly augmented by acne infection.

You can now eliminate scars and various kinds of skin conditions thanks to a new skin care product elaborated with biological components that regenerate your skin without leaving unwanted side effects.