The Peptide Research Landscape in the United States
NIH funding patterns, FDA regulatory pathways, the compounding question, and where American peptide research is concentrated.
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The North Specs research library
Long-form educational briefings on peptide research, laboratory methodology and the evolving research landscape across Canada, the United States and Europe.
Educational material for qualified researchers. Nothing in this library is medical advice or a use protocol for humans or animals.
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The Peptide Research Landscape in Canada
How peptide science is funded, regulated and conducted in Canada, from the insulin lineage through current academic programmes and the rules governing…
Read briefingTB-500 and Thymosin Beta-4: Actin Dynamics in Tissue Repair Research
Thymosin beta-4 has a clear molecular mechanism and human trial data, which sets it apart from much of the tissue-repair peptide field.…
Read briefingBPC-157: What the Preclinical Literature Actually Shows
A careful reading of the BPC-157 research base: what has been demonstrated in animal models, what the proposed mechanisms are, and why…
Read briefingIncretin Research: GLP-1, GIP and the Move to Multi-Receptor Agonists
How incretin biology went from an obscure gut-hormone observation to the most productive area of metabolic peptide research, and what the single,…
Read briefingWhat Research Peptides Are Actually Being Studied For
A grounded overview of the therapeutic areas where peptide research is concentrated, what the evidence base looks like in each, and how…
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