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star-shaped peptide polymer, shown below, they describe as “SNAPPs” (Structurally Nanaoengineered Antimicrobial Peptide Polymers), which they have shown to have exciting antimicrobial activity. Graphic representation of a SNAPP molecule. SNAPPs are comprised of either 16 or 32 arms of AMP-ike