Review: PE and PS Lipids Synergistically Enhance Membrane Poration by a Peptide with Anticancer Properties
In 2008, an exciting lead for a new cancer chemotherapeutic was discovered in the venom of the Brazilian social wasp, Polybia Paulista. [1] Isolated in a petri dish, the protein Polybia MP1 showed a remarkable degree of specificity in cytotoxicity against leukemia, bladder and prostate cancers. Early publications on the protein showed that its mechanism […]
