Research Paper Reviews
A close reading of SELECT: the hazard ratio and the people who stopped
The cardiovascular benefit and the discontinuation rate are in the same paper. Quoting one without the…
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A close reading of one paper, including what it does not show.
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…
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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…
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Tesamorelin in HIV: the trial that defined a narrow indication
Falutz and colleagues randomized 412 adults with HIV and abdominal fat accumulation. The endpoint was visceral…
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GHK-Cu: a gene-expression review is not a clinical trial
Pickart and Margolina’s 2018 review gathers regenerative and protective observations. It does not replace a randomized…
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Thymosin β4 reviews and the fragment sold as TB-500 are not the same citation
Goldstein’s 2012 review covers full-length thymosin β4. Malinda’s 1999 wound study is a mouse paper. Neither…