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Exenatide: The Diabetes Drug That Began in Lizard Venom

Exenatide: The Diabetes Drug That Began in Lizard Venom

The human gut already makes a hormone that helps control blood sugar. Its short life created a drug-development problem that a desert lizard helped solve.

Oct 21, 2026

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5 min read

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PT-141: The Tanning Experiment That Led to a Desire Drug

PT-141: The Tanning Experiment That Led to a Desire Drug

An unexpected erection redirected peptide research. The eventual medicine was tested for a different problem: low sexual desire that causes distress.

Oct 19, 2026

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5 min read

30 Peptides

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Kisspeptin: The Brain Hormone Behind a 56% Arousal Result

30 Peptides

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Kisspeptin: The Brain Hormone Behind a 56% Arousal Result

Men with low sexual desire watched a video during a controlled hormone infusion. Their physical response grew. The details explain what that result could mean for treatment.

Oct 23, 2026

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5 min read

Retatrutide: The Trial Behind 28% Weight Loss

A peptide that activates three hormone receptors has reached Phase 3 results. Here is how to read its weight-loss headline, the liver-fat findings, and the comparison still underway.

Retatrutide: The Trial Behind 28% Weight Loss

Ziconotide: The Snail Venom Peptide That Became a Pain Medicine

A molecule from a fish-hunting snail reached human trials. Its path to approval explains why a powerful pain signal blocker still needs specialist care.

Ziconotide: The Snail Venom Peptide That Became a Pain Medicine

Oxytocin: The Two Studies Behind Conflicting Trust Headlines

One 2026 study found no increase in a money-transfer game. Another found a 15% increase in men selected for low trust. The experiment behind each headline explains the gap.

Oxytocin: The Two Studies Behind Conflicting Trust Headlines

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Can a Peptide Break the Alzheimer's Tau Loop?

Can a Peptide Break the Alzheimer's Tau Loop?

A new Neuron paper caught tau running mitochondria backwards. The peptides built for that machinery have never been tested against it.

Sep 20, 2026

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6 min read

BPC-157: The Trial Big Pharma Walked Away From

BPC-157: The Trial Big Pharma Walked Away From

Day 1 of 30 Peptides in 30 Days. Thirty years of animal studies, about 30 humans, and the trial that finally started.

Sep 20, 2026

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10 min read

My Gut Was Destroying Me From the Inside Out

My Gut Was Destroying Me From the Inside Out

How a Staphylococcus overgrowth at the 99.9th percentile was driving my Hashimoto's, early RA markers, and EBV reactivation. The protocol that started reversing it.

Sep 19, 2026

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15 min read

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Kisspeptin: The Brain Hormone Behind a 56% Arousal Result

Men with low sexual desire watched a video during a controlled hormone infusion. Their physical response grew. The details explain what that result could mean for treatment.

Oct 23, 2026

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5 min read

Kisspeptin: The Brain Hormone Behind a 56% Arousal Result

Exenatide: The Diabetes Drug That Began in Lizard Venom

The human gut already makes a hormone that helps control blood sugar. Its short life created a drug-development problem that a desert lizard helped solve.

Oct 21, 2026

•

5 min read

Exenatide: The Diabetes Drug That Began in Lizard Venom

PT-141: The Tanning Experiment That Led to a Desire Drug

An unexpected erection redirected peptide research. The eventual medicine was tested for a different problem: low sexual desire that causes distress.

Oct 19, 2026

•

5 min read

PT-141: The Tanning Experiment That Led to a Desire Drug

Retatrutide: The Trial Behind 28% Weight Loss

A peptide that activates three hormone receptors has reached Phase 3 results. Here is how to read its weight-loss headline, the liver-fat findings, and the comparison still underway.

Oct 16, 2026

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7 min read

Retatrutide: The Trial Behind 28% Weight Loss

Ziconotide: The Snail Venom Peptide That Became a Pain Medicine

A molecule from a fish-hunting snail reached human trials. Its path to approval explains why a powerful pain signal blocker still needs specialist care.

Oct 14, 2026

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5 min read

Ziconotide: The Snail Venom Peptide That Became a Pain Medicine
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