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Peptide therapy

DEPeptidtherapie

Peptide therapy uses short chains of amino acids, often injected, to try to modulate something in your body. Common targets are growth hormone (with peptides like sermorelin and ipamorelin), tissue repair, or metabolism. A few peptides are approved for narrow medical uses. But most longevity uses are off-label, or sourced as research chemicals. The human evidence for anti-aging endpoints is sparse. Quality control of compounded products is variable. And regulators (like the FDA) have restricted several popular peptides.

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Sources

  1. Anisimov VN, Khavinson VKh. (2010). Peptide bioregulation of aging: results and prospects. *Biogerontology*doi:10.1007/s10522-009-9249-8
  2. Mavrych V, Shypilova V, Bolgova O. (2026). Therapeutic peptides in gerontology: mechanisms and applications for healthy aging. *Frontiers in Aging*doi:10.3389/fragi.2026.1790247