The sloppification of peptides
- Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, The Reverse of a Framed Painting (1670)Anyone who’s not been living under a rock knows that we’re in full peptide mania.
- For the uninitiated, “peptides” are drugs which are made of short chains of amino acids, unlike most drugs which are small molecules.
- The difference is mostly academic except that you can’t take peptides orally for the most part, as they’re just protein chains, and your stomach is very good at digesting protein and turning it back into amino acids which your body has other uses for!
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- Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, The Reverse of a Framed Painting (1670)Anyone who’s not been living under a rock knows that we’re in full peptide mania.
- For the uninitiated, “peptides” are drugs which are made of short chains of amino acids, unlike most drugs which are small molecules.
- The difference is mostly academic except that you can’t take peptides orally for the most part, as they’re just protein chains, and your stomach is very good at digesting protein and turning it back into amino acids which your body has other uses for!
Sources: Substack