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PeptideSGCL introduces a structure-enhanced graph-transformer approach that surpasses early QSAR and conventional machine learning methods for peptide activity prediction, with strong potential to accelerate peptide drug discovery and design.
Rho Nutrition's new liquid supplement uses liposomal delivery to boost uptake of its multi-peptide formula.
A review examines cyanobacterial peptides for their neuroprotective roles, centering on mechanisms of action that could inform new strategies against cognitive decline.
Lipid nanoparticles shield therapeutic glycoproteins from enzymatic degradation and denaturation, extending their functional lifespan as a key step for next-generation biologics.
Artificial intelligence is accelerating the design of living drug delivery systems, with AI-driven discovery enabling composition-to-function insights in synthetic biology.
AllMax Nutrition brings its no-frills approach to the healthy-aging category with a new NMN supplement.
The ac4C-modified mRNA platform enables cells to generate substantially more therapeutic proteins for disease treatment than conventional...
AI models now compress peptide discovery from years to months by ranking millions of candidates via binding energetics.
Pinchas Cohen, who discovered MOTS-c as a potential exercise-mimicking peptide, is alarmed by its unregulated online sale and injection by thousands...
Wonderfeel ranked #65 overall and #1 in biotechnology on the Inc. 5000 list, underscoring surging demand for its NAD+ formulas like Youngr NMN that...
MIT engineers printed five modular bacterial strains on agar plates to form living transistors that perform logic gates and binary addition. Geometry...
Engineered extracellular vesicles made from red blood cell lipids use CD47 peptides to evade macrophages and PD-L1 nanobodies to target tumors, while...
NAD+ precursors deliver energy and repair benefits to healthy cells but can supercharge tumors, reduce oxidative stress, and block chemotherapy...
Mitochondria don't just make energy—they encode peptides like MOTS-c directly in their DNA as stress signals. Released during metabolic strain, it...
Marketing for BPC-157 and TB-500 far exceeds the sparse human data on joint and muscle healing.
MIT researchers engineered living bacteria to act as biological transistors, performing logic operations through chemical signals rather than...
A closed-loop multimodal AI framework now bridges deep learning-based peptide generation and screening in a single discovery-to-application pipeline. This technical advance highlights how frontier AI methods are accelerating peptide science research.
Oral peptide approvals signal real progress, starting with semaglutide (Rybelsus) in 2019 for type 2 diabetes.
GLP-1 medications are peptide...
