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The biggest peptide and GLP-1 stories as they break, each checked at its primary source, with the link to it first.
MOTS-c boosted energy in aging egg cells and helped old eggs mature better, in a lab and mouse study
MOTS-c is a tiny peptide your mitochondria make. In aged human egg support cells and eggs from aged mice, it raised energy production.
UK police and the MHRA seized over 12,000 fake retatrutide and tirzepatide pens in Birmingham
The pens were never tested, so what is in them is unknown. The regulator also found packaging for around 30,000 more.
Europe backs Foundayo, Lilly's GLP-1 pill for weight loss
The EU drug regulator's expert committee (CHMP) recommended Eli Lilly's once-daily pill orforglipron on October 16, 2026. The European Commission makes the final call, usually within about two months.
FDA files an interim plan to let pharmacies compound certain peptides
An FDA notice titled "Interim Access Policy for Compounding Using Certain Peptides" reached White House review on October 14, 2026. Which peptides it covers is not public yet.
A peptide just carried radiation straight into cancer cells and won a phase 3 trial
It mimics a hormone the tumor is covered in receptors for, so the radiation goes where the peptide goes.