Articles & guides — page 6

92 cited, vendor-independent pieces on the questions people actually ask — reconstitution and handling, half-lives, compound comparisons, and how to track a protocol. Research and education only; never dosing advice, never sourcing.

92 articles

Compound overviews5 min

What is Thymosin Alpha-1 (Zadaxin)?

Thymosin Alpha-1 (Zadaxin) explained: a 28-amino-acid immune-modulating peptide with real human trials in hepatitis, sepsis and cancer, and approved as a medicine in dozens of countries.

Human clinical data
Compound overviews4 min

What is KPV?

KPV explained: the three-amino-acid tail of the hormone alpha-MSH studied as an anti-inflammatory for gut and skin, and why its evidence is preclinical, from colitis mouse and cell models.

Preclinical
Compound overviews5 min

What is survodutide?

Survodutide explained plainly: the investigational GLP-1 / glucagon dual agonist, its phase-2 obesity and MASH results, and why it stays investigational.

Human clinical data
Compound overviews5 min

What is mazdutide?

Mazdutide explained plainly: the investigational GLP-1 / glucagon dual agonist behind the GLORY-1 and GLORY-2 China phase-3 trials, and its weight-loss data.

Human clinical data
Compound overviews5 min

What is CagriSema?

CagriSema explained plainly: cagrilintide (an amylin drug) plus semaglutide, what the phase-3 REDEFINE trials showed, and how it compares with tirzepatide.

Human clinical data
Compound overviews5 min

What is liraglutide?

Liraglutide explained plainly: the older once-daily GLP-1 drug (Saxenda / Victoza), why its short half-life means daily dosing, and its SCALE and LEADER trials.

Approved medicine
Compound overviews6 min

What is hexarelin?

Hexarelin explained plainly: a potent GHRP-family growth-hormone secretagogue with a second, heart-specific receptor (CD36), what human GH studies and animal cardiac studies actually showed.

Human clinical data
Compound overviews6 min

What is IGF-1 LR3?

IGF-1 LR3 explained honestly: a lab-engineered, long-acting version of the growth factor IGF-1 — what animal and cell studies show, and why the missing human safety data and cancer-signaling theory matter.

Preclinical
Compound overviews5 min

What is kisspeptin-10?

Kisspeptin-10 explained with the literature: the upstream switch that turns on the reproductive axis, what human LH, testosterone and fertility studies from the Dhillo group actually found.

Human clinical data
Compound overviews5 min

What is gonadorelin?

Gonadorelin explained plainly: it is GnRH itself, the short-acting hormone used as a TRT adjunct, why pulses stimulate but constant exposure suppresses, and its FDA history.

Human clinical data
Compound overviews5 min

What is SS-31 (elamipretide)?

SS-31 (elamipretide): a mitochondria-targeting peptide that binds cardiolipin, now FDA-approved for Barth syndrome but with a mixed trial record elsewhere.

Human clinical data
Compound overviews4 min

What is humanin?

Humanin: a small peptide your own mitochondria make, discovered in 2001 and tied to neuroprotection and metabolism, but studied mostly in cells and animals.

Preclinical

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