Complex sentence: Virtual Colony Count (VCC) is a kinetic, 96-well antibacterial assay originally developed to measure the activity of defensins and has since expanded to other antimicrobial peptides including LL-37.
Split into simpler sentences: Virtual Colony Count (VCC) is a kinetic, 96-well antibacterial assay originally developed to measure the activity of defensins. It has since been applied to other antimicrobial peptides including LL-37.