This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses ...

Australians are buying an unapproved weight-loss drug from suppliers whose websites list the product as “for research use ...

Thymalin is a polypeptide complex derived from thymic preparations (often of bovine or calf origin), known to harbor among ...

Peptides have become the beauty world's latest buzzword and one of the biggest skincare trends, with dermatologists and skincare gurus highlighting their anti-aging benefits across social media. And ...

A four–amino acid peptide called CAQK has shown powerful brain-protective effects in animal models of traumatic brain injury. Delivered through a standard IV, it zeroes in on injured brain tissue, ...

You probably already know someone doing peptides — the amino acids that form the basis of popular new drug treatments like Ozempic and Wegovy. Today there are peptides meant to help with everything ...

Peptide injections are one of the latest health trends to go viral on social media. Proponents of these supplements (including wellness influencers and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.) believe ...

Injectable peptides that people use to build muscle, shed weight and appear younger, are on the rise in the U.S. and trending among influencers, celebrities and fitness coaches, despite the fact that ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Unapproved peptide drugs have become a trendy new hack among wellness influencers, fitness coaches and celebrities, pitched as a way to build muscle, shed pounds and look younger.

More Americans are injecting themselves with unapproved chemicals that are pitched as ways to build muscle, rejuvenate skin and extend life, the latest example of the nation’s fascination with ...