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Featured Peptides
Most researched compounds in the database
BPC-157
Healing & Recovery
BPC-157 is commonly discussed for soft-tissue repair, tendon and ligament recovery, wound-healing models, and gut-protection mechanisms. Most strong claims remain based on animal, cell, or mechanistic research rather than broad, settled human clinical evidence.
TB-500
Healing & Recovery
TB-500 is usually discussed in the context of tissue repair, mobility, inflammation signaling, and recovery-related mechanisms connected to thymosin beta-4 biology. Public claims often run ahead of the clinical evidence, so it should be treated as an evidence-limited research topic rather than an established recovery therapy.
GHK-Cu
Skin & Tissue Repair
GHK-Cu is a copper-binding tripeptide best known from skin-care, wound-biology, extracellular-matrix, and hair-growth claim discussions. The strongest consumer-facing evidence is around topical cosmetic plausibility and mechanistic skin biology; broader anti-aging, systemic, injection, and hair-growth claims are more uncertain and often overstated.
Latest Articles
GLP-1 Drugs and Rare Optic-Nerve Risk: What the New NAION Studies Actually Show
Two large observational studies found a small association between GLP-1 receptor agonists and ischemic optic neuropathy, but the absolute event rate was very low and causation remains uncertain.
Setmelanotide and Hypothalamic Obesity: What the Phase 3 Trial Actually Shows
The phase 3 TRANSCEND trial found large BMI and hunger reductions with setmelanotide in acquired hypothalamic obesity, alongside a substantial adverse-event burden.
Afamelanotide and EPP: What Canada’s SCENESSE Approval Shows About Real Peptide Medicine
What afamelanotide SCENESSE does for adults with EPP, what the trials and labels show, and why regulated peptide medicine differs from tanning or research-peptide marketing.
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