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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 Is TRT - Testosterone Replacement Therapy - Still Considered Dangerous? Endocrinologist Explains Dr. Paul Zalzal & Dr. Brad Weening New 22 min Read 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. New 2 min Compound Semax A peptide from a different research lineage than most of this list, which is itself worth understanding before ordering. New Cognitive & wellness

Watch 6 MISLEADING Autoimmune Tests Your Doctor Still Orders Dr. Diana Girnita, MD, PhD New 14 min

Watch An Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine. Cochrane UK New 34 min

Watch Why does the placebo effect work? The Royal Institution New 6 min

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.

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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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