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Category: Education
October 28, 2026
What are peptides in skincare? The four types, how to decode peptide names on an ingredient list, what Canada's 1% rule means, what studies measured, and peptides vs retinol.
October 28, 2026
What is a secretagogue? The meaning and origin of the word, the main classes from growth hormone and insulin to gastric acid, how secretion is measured in the lab, and what the label leaves out.
October 28, 2026
Bradford vs BCA assay: how each protein assay works, why the standard skews results, and why both can mislead you with short synthetic peptides.
October 28, 2026
Peptide purity explained: what an HPLC area-per-cent figure measures, why it is not net peptide content or identity, and what a high number can hide.
October 27, 2026
FDA published substance reviews for seven research peptides in July 2026. What they found on human data for BPC-157, KPV, MOTS-c and more.
October 27, 2026
A goods-in checklist for research peptides: batch matching, the recognised freeze-dried cake defects, and what appearance cannot tell you.
October 27, 2026
A single purity figure underdetermines a co-formulated peptide vial. What area percent measures, why it is not the component ratio.
October 27, 2026
N-acetyl peptides explained: the fixed 42 Da mass shift, why an acetate salt is not N-acetylation, and what is actually published.
October 27, 2026
GHK-Cu and AHK-Cu differ by one methyl group. One has a human randomised trial behind it; the other has a single ex-vivo study.
October 27, 2026
The FDA registers TB-500 as a seven-residue fragment, not full-length thymosin beta-4. Why only a measured mass tells the two vials apart.