Cognitive Research
What Is Epitalon Actually Doing? A Plain-English Look at the Research
The short version: Epitalon is a synthetic tetrapeptide that mimics a naturally occurring compound from the pineal gland called epithal...
What Is SS-31 Actually Doing? A Plain-English Look at the Research
The short version: SS-31, also known as elamipretide, is a synthetic tetrapeptide designed specifically to target the inner mitochondri...
What Is KPV Actually Doing? A Plain-English Look at the Research
The short version: KPV is a three-amino-acid peptide — lysine, proline, valine — derived from the C-terminal end of alpha-melanocyte-st...
What Is Semax Actually Doing? A Plain-English Look at the Research
The short version: Semax is a synthetic peptide derived from a fragment of ACTH, a hormone the pituitary gland uses to signal the adren...
What Is Selank Actually Doing? A Plain-English Look at the Research
The short version: Selank is a synthetic hexapeptide developed from a naturally occurring immune protein called tuftsin. Researchers st...
Unexpected Research Findings: What Scientists Did Not Expect to Discover About Peptides
When Gut Peptides Started Talking to the Brain
Peptide research has a way of producing surprises. A compound enters the laboratory with...
Epitalon: Research Overview
Epitalon (also written Epithalon) is a synthetic tetrapeptide with the sequence Ala-Glu-Asp-Gly, originally developed by the St. Peters...
SS-31: Research Overview
SS-31 (also known as Szeto-Schiller peptide 31, or elamipretide) is a synthetic tetrapeptide developed by Hazel Szeto and Peter Schille...
Semax: Research Overview
Semax is a synthetic heptapeptide analogue of the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) fragment 4–7, developed in Russia during the 1980s...
KPV: Research Overview
KPV is a tripeptide consisting of lysine, proline, and valine — the C-terminal fragment of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH)...