Search the term "peptides" and a long list of online retailer options will pop up. You'll be offered vials of molecules with funky names that sound like exoplanets: GHK-CU, CJC12-95, Thymosin Beta-4.

The compounds have exploded in popularity, but big questions about safety and effectiveness are still unresolved. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of ...

Novartis is looking to build up its cardiovascular drug pipeline and it’s now partnering with Unnatural Products to support the effort. The pharmaceutical company is committing up to $100 million to ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Feb. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Unnatural Products, Inc. (UNP), a biotech developing orally-delivered macrocyclic peptides to address previously undruggable targets, today ...

When the fountain of youth’s under construction, you may want to dip into peptides instead. Chances are you’ve already heard of a number of different peptides, including insulin, morphine and even ...

The longevity bros might be fighting, but that’s not stopping the internet’s early adopters from hyping up the next big thing. Last week, podcast host Andrew Huberman highlighted Retatrutide, a ...

Retinoids have long been popular for their ability to both speed up skin cell turnover and stimulate collagen production, contributing to firmer, smoother skin over time. But they can come with some ...

Peptide therapy has gained popularity as a potential health and longevity booster, but experts are warning of cautions and limitations. Peptides are short chains of amino acids that act as messengers ...

STAT is co-publishing this investigation by Undark. In the spring of 2024, Flynn McGuire started to notice glowing references online to an unapproved drug that proponents claimed could help the body ...

This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. On a frigid December afternoon, I took an elevator up to the sixth floor of a midtown office building on a busy ...

The recent surge in peptide injections is a textbook example of a modern health craze. Crazes differ from fads in that the latter involve an intense but short-term interest in a trivial object or idea ...

Where there’s a will, there’s a way; and when it comes to bright, bouncy, blemish-free skin, there’s very little I won’t try—PDRN included. PDRN, short for its official name, polydeoxyribonucleotide, ...