Archive
Tag: Peptide Science
Plain-English explainers on peptide fundamentals: amino acids, structure, receptors, stability and how peptides are made.
October 11, 2026
What oxidative stress actually means, how the Keap1-Nrf2 switch works, why Nrf2 controls glutathione synthesis, what happened when antioxidants and an Nrf2 activator were put into large trials, and why the GHK-Cu Nrf2 claim does not hold up.
October 11, 2026
What mTOR is, how a soil bacterium from Easter Island led to it, the difference between mTORC1 and mTORC2, what the mouse lifespan data actually said, and why rapamycin is not the clean mTORC1 inhibitor it is often described as.
October 11, 2026
What dipeptides, tripeptides and oligopeptides are, how short peptides are named and counted, and examples from glutathione and GHK-Cu to KPV, TRH and aspartame.
October 11, 2026
What AMP-activated protein kinase is, how LKB1 and CaMKK2 switch it on, what it turns on and off, why metformin's AMPK link is still contested, and which research compounds genuinely act on it.
October 11, 2026
What cell-penetrating peptides are, how the Tat and penetratin discoveries happened, why the 2003 fixation artefact reset the field, why endosomal escape is still the bottleneck, and where CPPs stand today.
October 9, 2026
VEGF and angiogenesis explained: how new blood vessels form, the VEGF receptors, why cancer drugs block it, and the peptide research angle.
October 9, 2026
Clinical trial phases explained: what each phase tests, how often drugs pass each stage, how Canada authorizes trials, and what it means for peptides.
October 7, 2026
How to read peptide research: what cell, animal and human studies can and can't show, why mouse results often fail in people, how to read a paper, and red flags in peptide claims.
October 6, 2026
What does lyophilized mean? Freeze-drying explained: how lyophilization works, why research peptides ship as dry powder, and how to store it.
October 6, 2026
Antimicrobial peptides explained: defensins, cathelicidins like LL-37 and other host-defence peptides, how they kill microbes, and why they're studied.