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What these compounds actually are

Plain explanations of peptides and biologics, what the documentation behind them does and does not cover, and what to ask before you buy.

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What arrived most recently across articles, talks and the clinicians' scroll. Something lands here most weeks; the queue is at /blog/upcoming.

Watch How PRP injections help with joint pain | Ohio State Medical Center Ohio State Wexner Medical Center 1 min Watch Endocrinology | Growth Hormone Ninja Nerd 24 min Watch What Low Testosterone Does to the Body Institute of Human Anatomy 11 min Watch A Closer Look at...Stem Cells and Human Longevity University of California Television 58 min Watch How To Rehab Tendon Injuries & Pain (Exercises & Education for Tendinitis, Tendinosis, Tendinopathy) E3 Rehab 24 min Watch Will You Lose Weight After Hip And Knee Replacement? The Cold Truth Dr. Paul Zalzal & Dr. Brad Weening 8 min
For everyone · 2 min What we are not claiming Most of this category writes the opposite page. This one is short, specific, and the most load-bearing thing on the site. For providers · 2 min The cold chain question, answered before you order Half the operational problems in this category are decided by a freezer you either have or do not have. Work that out first. For everyone · 2 min What a rep can and cannot tell you The limits are real, they are not evasions, and knowing them makes the conversation more useful rather than less. For providers · 2 min How to compare two quotes that look the same Two suppliers, two prices, apparently the same product. Most of the difference is in things neither quote mentions. For providers · 2 min Eleven questions to ask any supplier before you order Written to be used against us. If a supplier cannot answer these without friction, the friction is the answer. For everyone · 3 min What is Wharton's jelly? The gelatinous tissue inside the umbilical cord, described in 1656 and discarded for most of the time since. What it is made of, how it is regulated, and why the regulation is the part that decides what anyone may honestly say about it. For everyone · 2 min Allogeneic and autologous, plainly Two words that decide almost everything else — where the material came from, what has to be documented, and what can go wrong. For patients · 3 min What an athlete should ask before paying for recovery You are the most valuable customer in this category, and the reasons you are valuable are the same reasons you are easy to sell to. For patients · 2 min Why we will not sell to you directly This is the answer to the most common message we get, and it is a no. Here is the reasoning, because a no without reasoning is just a wall. For patients · 3 min How to read a clinic's regenerative claim The category is full of pages that sound like evidence. Here is how to tell which parts of one are load-bearing. For everyone · 3 min What "research use only" actually means It is not a formality, it is not a disclaimer somebody's lawyer added, and it is not compatible with a sentence about how to dose it in a person. For everyone · 2 min What a peptide actually is Not a drug class, not a supplement, not a hormone. A length. Once that lands, most of the confusion in this category goes away. For everyone · 2 min Wharton's jelly, exosomes, and PRP are three different things They get used interchangeably in conversation and they are not interchangeable at all. Here is what each one actually is. For everyone · 2 min "Is it FDA approved?" is usually the wrong question Not because the answer is uncomfortable, but because approval, registration, clearance and certification are four different things — and only one of them is usually on offer. For providers · 2 min How to read a certificate of analysis The document that separates a supply chain you can defend from one you are trusting. Six fields, and one question that matters more than the rest. For providers · 2 min Lyophilized or pre-filled: what the format actually changes Same molecule, two very different operational realities. The format decision is usually the whole conversation, and it is not a scientific one.

Worth watching

Videos by people who do not work for us — including one national broadcaster warning about the trade we are in. See all 15.

17 min 60 Minutes Australia The 60 Minutes peptide warning, published by a peptide supplier Peptides: Doctors warning about the booming wellness trend | 60 Minutes Australia 1 hr 27 min Dr. Andrew Huberman Peptide risks, explained by a Stanford neurobiologist Benefits & Risks of Peptide Therapeutics for Physical & Mental Health 8 min Dr. Paul Zalzal & Dr. Brad Weening What orthopedic surgeons say about knee injections Knee Injections: You Need To Know This

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Twenty-nine peptide field guides

Dr. Jason Schuster explains one peptide per video. We turned twenty-nine of them into pages you can read, search and send to somebody — same principle as the shelf above: his argument, his name on it, our typesetting.

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