From wild rice to tarwi, researchers are exploring the health potential of Indigenous foods
From the Three Sisters to Andean grains, traditional food systems hold generations of knowledge that researchers are only…
Those Viral Bodega Peptides Aren’t Actually Peptides
The Mr. Green bodega sits on a busy stretch of Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. Near the…
Patient suffers torn oesophagus after using unapproved peptide, prompting fresh warnings
A patient who used an unapproved peptide labelled as the weight-loss drug retatrutide has suffered a potentially fatal…
Could scorpion venom inspire new treatments for liver disease?
From blocking inflammatory immune pathways to disrupting hepatitis viruses, scorpion-derived peptides are attracting attention as potential drug candidates,…
Ancient proteins revived to inspire new antimicrobial treatments
University of Oregon biologists have resurrected prehistoric proteins up to 160 million years old that carry natural antimicrobial…
RFK Jr.’s FDA Is Making Moves On Peptides — And Most Doctors Aren’t Celebrating
It’s hard to go anywhere without hearing talk of peptides, currently paramount in people’s minds in large part…
Unapproved Peptides Sold Through Social Media and Mail
Arabic version: ببتيدات غير معتمدة تُباع عبر وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي والبريد According to ABC News, unregulated and experimental…
Opinion | The Peptide Wild West
One of the more successful activist campaigns in U.S. history was about keeping dietary supplements virtually unregulated. In…
Is a peptide boom underway? FDA advisers vote for looser rules
A majority of outside advisers for the Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday in support of allowing pharmacies…
An FDA Panel Just Endorsed These Unproven Peptides
Peptides are inching closer to the mainstream. A panel of experts on Thursday narrowly recommended that the Food…
FDA puts pharmacist on notice for selling unapproved weight-loss injections
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A former Rancho Santa Fe pharmacist has agreed to stop selling unapproved weight-loss injections…
Vial of unapproved peptide retatrutide had double the strength indicated on label
Doctors have warned of an “enormous” risk of overdose after testing of a popular unapproved weight loss peptide…