Research Methods
When one paper contains two trials, do not average the hours
The afamelanotide report gives a 6-month United States result and a 9-month European result. They are…
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Month: August 2026
Recently Published Studies
STEP 1: what the semaglutide obesity trial actually randomized
Wilding and colleagues assigned 1,961 adults to once-weekly semaglutide 2.4 mg or placebo for 68 weeks,…
Recently Published Studies
SURMOUNT-1 reported dose-dependent weight loss with tirzepatide
In a 72-week trial of 2,539 adults, the 15 mg group’s mean weight change was about…
Recently Published Studies
The afamelanotide implant trials counted pain-free sunlight, in two different studies
Langendonk, Balwani, and colleagues reported two randomized trials of a 16 mg afamelanotide implant in erythropoietic…
Research Paper Reviews
The 1998 ipamorelin paper showed selectivity in animals. It did not finish a medicine.
Raun and colleagues described a pentapeptide that released growth hormone in rats and swine with less…
Recently Published Studies
MOTS-c rose with exercise and tracked muscle ageing in mice
A 2021 Nature Communications paper treats MOTS-c as an exercise-induced, mitochondrial-encoded regulator. The experiments are murine.
Preclinical Research
Ipamorelin’s selectivity was measured in rats and swine
The 1998 pharmacology paper reports growth-hormone release without the ACTH and cortisol rise seen with older…
Research Paper Reviews
What the 2019 musculoskeletal review actually claims about BPC-157
Gwyer, Wragg, and Wilson gathered tendon, ligament, and muscle studies. The review’s own ending is about…