Guides

No-jargon primers. For readers who want to understand peptides first.

Three pieces that give you the mental model. If you want to know what you’re looking at when you read research on a specific peptide, or why the legal picture looks the way it does, start here.

Guide · 6 min read

What are peptides?

A primer on peptides as biological molecules, how they differ from small-molecule drugs, and why that distinction matters when you’re evaluating peptide therapy.

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Guide · 7 min read

How peptides work

Receptor binding, signal amplification, half-life, and why peptides tend to act with more tissue specificity than small-molecule drugs. The mechanistic story, without the hand-waving.

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Guide · 8 min read

Compounding & the law

How 503A and 503B compounding pharmacies work, what FDA Category 1 and Category 2 mean for a given peptide, and why drug shortages change the legal picture.

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