Bone cement with antimicrobial peptides

摘要

The invention relates to bone material for the prevention and treatment of osteomyelitis, which material is provided with antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) consisting of an amino acid chain which contains a domain of 10 to 25 amino acids, wherein the majority of the amino acids of the one half of the domain are positively charged amino acids and the majority of the amino acids of the other half of the domain are uncharged amino acids, which AMPs can be released to the surrounding area for a period of time and wherein the bone material forms bone cement after curing and the AMPs are distributed homogeneously in the cured bone cement. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing the bone material, wherein the bone material is cured to bone cement and wherein the AMPs are distributed homogeneously in the cured bone cement.