Wellness products that get athletes busted for doping
Think steroids are the only thing that can get an athlete in trouble? You’d be wrong. Dietary supplements,…
Peptides: What are they, what are the risks and what does the science say?
Dr Catherine Conlon THE US SECRETARY of Health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, “Make America Healthy Again” supporters and…
Tests of Unapproved Weight- Loss Drug Reveal Its Dangers
An obesity drug that hasn’t cleared federal safety checks is being hawked online and even at a…
Scientists Thought Venus Was Too Acidic for Complex Chemistry. It May Actually Be Weirdly Hospitable
Acid clouds: This is not just a genre of house music someone ten years older than you, or…
Researchers mine cobra toxins to uncover a membrane-disrupting antimicrobial peptide
A computational search of cobra cardiotoxins put 14 venom-inspired peptides through structural, antibacterial, and toxicity testing, providing a…
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,…
Peptides may persist in Venusian clouds
In the search for life beyond Earth, scientists have long focused on one key ingredient: liquid water.…
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…
Meet the parents putting their kids on Ozempic
By the time he turned ten, Jenna Ceriani’s son was too heavy to play football. The local league…
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…