What Are Peptides? A Plain-English Guide
What are peptides? A guide to the short amino-acid chains behind hormones like insulin, how they differ from proteins, and how researchers study them.
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SLU-PP-332: What the ‘Exercise Mimetic’ Research Actually Shows
SLU-PP-332 explained: the estrogen-related receptor agonist behind the exercise-in-a-pill headlines, what the mouse studies found, and what has never been tested.
5-Amino-1MQ: What the NNMT Inhibitor Research Shows
5-Amino-1MQ explained: the small-molecule NNMT inhibitor, what the mouse obesity and aged-muscle studies found, why it isn't a peptide, and sourcing in Canada.
From Insulin to GLP-1: Canada’s Century of Peptide Discovery
From Banting and Best's insulin to calcitonin at UBC, Montreal's Nobel-winning hormone hunters and today's GLP-1 science: the Canadian discoveries behind modern peptide research.
How Peptides Are Made to Last: Lipidation, PEGylation and Other Half-Life Tricks
Why natural peptides vanish in minutes and engineered ones last days: amino-acid swaps, fatty-acid lipidation, albumin binding, DAC, PEGylation and D-amino acids explained.
Endotoxin in Research Peptides: What It Is and Why It Matters
Endotoxin explained for peptide researchers: what LPS is, why trace amounts skew immune and inflammation assays, how LAL testing works, and the controls labs use.
How Research Peptides Are Made: Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis Explained
How research peptides are made: solid-phase peptide synthesis step by step, why errors compound with length, where impurities come from, and what a COA can catch.
GLP-1 Peptides Explained: A Research Map from Semaglutide to Retatrutide
GLP-1 peptides explained: semaglutide, tirzepatide, retatrutide, mazdutide, survodutide, cagrilintide and orforglipron mapped by receptor, trial data and Canadian status.
Mazdutide vs Survodutide: The GLP-1/Glucagon Dual Agonists Compared
Mazdutide vs survodutide: two GLP-1/glucagon dual agonists compared, from oxyntomodulin origins to GLORY-1 and SYNCHRONIZE results, liver data, and sourcing in Canada.
Cagrilintide: The Amylin Analogue Behind CagriSema, Explained
Cagrilintide explained: the long-acting amylin analogue in CagriSema, what its phase 2 and REDEFINE trials found, its Calgary connection, and sourcing in Canada.
