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    1. myloidogenic and aggregation-prone properties can also be ex-ploited as a functional antimicrobial mechanism

      I had never heard of aggregation as something positive

    2. The pathogenesis of these infectionsis largely driven by microbial biofilm formation on implant surfaces, which confers markedtolerance to antimicrobial therapy and host immune responses, thereby hindering eradica-tion and frequently necessitating prolonged antimicrobial therapy and complex surgicalinterventions, including implant revision or removal

      why are the implants so susceptible to this?

    3. Artificial intelligence models evaluate peptide proper-ties, including charge, hydrophobicity, amino acid distribution, and secondary structure, to predictantimicrobial activity and toxicity.

      It looks at databases of current animicrobials and see common trends in their overall charges, aa compositions and other properties