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Record W4415401507 · doi:10.1128/aac.00948-25

<i>In vitro</i> and <i>in vivo</i> characterization of Bisphosphocin Nu-3—a novel broad-spectrum antimicrobial compound with high potency against resistant pathogens

2025· article· en· W4415401507 on OpenAlexaff
Kelvin Cooper, Kanneganti Murthy, Thomas Balzer, Steve Parkinson, R. A. Sleet, Paul DiTullio

Bibliographic record

VenueAntimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicDiabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
Canadian institutionsJennerex Biotherapeutics (Canada)
Fundersnot available
KeywordsAntimicrobialDiabetic footAntibioticsProteusPotencyAntibiotic resistanceDrug resistancePropionibacterium acnesDiabetes mellitus

Abstract

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ABSTRACT Lakewood-Amedex Biotherapeutics Inc. has developed a new class of antimicrobials called the Bisphosphocin class, with Nu-3 as a leading candidate, which is currently in clinical development for treating mildly infected diabetic foot ulcers (iDFUs). Nu-3 acts through a novel mechanism of action that destabilizes bacterial membranes within minutes, which significantly reduces the potential for resistance development. It demonstrates broad-spectrum activity against Gram-positive, Gram-negative, and multidrug-resistant bacteria, including recent clinical isolates from infected wounds. Nu-3 is especially effective in acidic environments and can be formulated for topical application at high concentrations and low pH, that has been shown to be beneficial for wound healing, making it well-suited for treating infections in diabetic foot ulcers. Its rapid, bactericidal action has been confirmed against pathogens, such as Staphylococcus aureus , Escherichia coli , Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Propionibacterium acnes, Proteus mirabilis, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Staphylococcus saprophyticus , with complete bacterial eradication occurring within minutes. Resistance testing over 21 days showed a very low probability of resistance development. In vivo testing in murine dermal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection models demonstrated robust efficacy for Nu-3 given as a solution- or gel-formulation in both single and multidose protocols. Given its efficacy, broad-spectrum activity, and topical formulation, Nu-3 has the potential to be an important therapeutic intervention for the treatment of mild infections in diabetic foot ulcers—a serious complication of diabetes associated with high amputation risk.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.001
Threshold uncertainty score0.004

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.005
GPT teacher head0.222
Teacher spread0.217 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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