Neurobiol Aging 16 : 14 Pettegrew JW, Levine J, McClure RJ
As of 2024, roughly 60 FDA-approved peptide medications exist, 140 are in active clinical trials, and more than 500 are in preclinical development.4 Google search volumes for compounds like BPC-157 and MOTS-c hit all-time highs in mid-2024, with more than 50 million tagged video views across YouTube and TikTok.5 The interest is not merely recreational: endurance coaches and practitioners at organizations from the US Olympic Committee to Stanford Athletics are paying close attention, because the intersection of peptide science, AI-driven drug discovery, and wearable-data analytics is producing insights that could reshape how we train, recover, and extend competitive careers
Beyond its antioxidant capacity, this molecule is a heavy hitter in the livers detoxification pathways
Shamalnasab M, Gravel SP, St-Pierre J, Breton L, Jger S, Aguilaniu H (2018) A salicylic acid derivative extends the lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans by activating autophagy and the mitochondrial unfolded protein response