Blog.

December 29, 2025 Peptide Science

What Is Melanotan II? Research on the Melanocortin Peptide

Melanotan II (MT-II) is a synthetic cyclic analog of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH), developed at the University of Arizona in the early 1990s....

December 22, 2025 Peptide Science

Epithalon and the Telomere Question: What the Research Actually Shows

If there’s one idea in longevity research that captures people’s imagination, it’s telomeres. The thought is elegant: your chromosomes have...

December 15, 2025 Metabolic Research

NAD+ Isn’t a Peptide. Here’s Why We Carry It Anyway.

Let’s be direct: NAD+ isn’t a peptide. It’s a coenzyme — a small molecule that helps enzymes do their job. So technically, if we’re b...

December 8, 2025 Peptide Science

GHK-Cu: The Copper Peptide That Rewrites 4,000 Genes

There’s a specific moment in peptide research where something shifts from “interesting compound” to “wait, this is doing what?”...

December 1, 2025 Peptide Science

Glutathione Research: Why the Master Antioxidant Belongs in Every Peptide Lab

Glutathione (GSH) is a tripeptide — glutamate, cysteine, glycine — and the most abundant intracellular antioxidant in mammalian biology. Every nucleated cell...

November 24, 2025 Research Fundamentals

The FDA Peptide Reclassification: What Kennedy’s Category Shift Actually Means for Research

On February 27, 2026, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that approximately 14 of the 19 peptides previously placed on the FDA’s Category 2 restri...