After Ozempic: the revolution in peptide science | Jonathan Long
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The episode discusses the rising interest in peptides among health influencers and scientists, highlighting both the hype and the scientific advancements in peptide research.
Health influencers and scientists have both gone crazy for peptides. The peptide health craze stems from a lot of online hype — centered on gray-market compounds that haven't been rigorously tested in humans and aren't regulated for safety or purity. But among scientists, there is a genuine "revolution" underway — spurred by technological developments revealing an order of magnitude more peptides in our bodies than we ever realized, and by the unexpected and unparalleled success of GLP-1 dr...
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Guest: Jonathan Long
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Organizations: Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, GLP-1
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