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Peptides: are they worth the hype?

Peptides: are they worth the hype?

Science Weekly vor 6 Monaten

Madeleine Finlay hears from journalist Adrienne Matei and from Dr Anna Barnard, an associate professor at Imperial College London who researches peptides

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Grey-market injectable peptides – a category of substances with
obscure, alphanumeric names such as BPC-157, GHK-Cu, or TB-500 –
have developed a devoted following among biohackers and health
optimisers. To understand how these unregulated substances have
become mainstream and what they could be doing in our bodies,
Madeleine Finlay hears from journalist Adrienne Matei and from Dr
Anna Barnard, an associate professor at Imperial College London who
researches peptides. Help support our independent journalism at
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