Peptide Hormones Explained: From Insulin to GLP-1
Peptide hormones explained: what they are, where they're made, how they act, and a reference table from insulin and GLP-1 to GHRH, oxytocin and PTH.
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Category: Peptide Basics
Plain-English explainers on what peptides are, how they are built and named, and how peptide hormones and receptors work. Background reading for laboratory research; not medical advice.
GPCRs Explained: How Peptide Receptors Work
GPCRs explained: how G protein-coupled receptors turn a peptide signal into a cellular response, the receptor classes, and the peptides that use them.
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.
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.