2004
Adipotide
A targeted molecule engineered to shut down the vasculature that keeps adipose tissue alive.
Ongoing Series
Origin Stories
Portraits of the labs, letters and lucky accidents behind the peptides now sitting in every longevity clinic — told at the length they deserve.
1970
Ziconotide
How a marine cone-snail toxin was rebuilt into a pain therapy that never hooks the patient.
1992
Xenin-25
A gut-derived signal that dampens hunger cues and helps the pancreas hold its line.