It could be, for example, an adapting nerve system
Research shows it accelerates repair of transected tendons, increases collagen synthesis, and promotes new blood vessel formation at injury sites
But the federal agency warns that these unauthorized drugs, which are illegal, pose serious health risks, adding that it still needs to evaluate them for safety, efficacy, and quality. They have not been demonstrated, through scientific trials, to provide the health benefits that they claim, according to Health Canada in an April advisory
Theres a black market production, primarily in China, that sends large amounts of these peptides to the United States with the label For research only, says Pinchas Cohen, MD, dean and distinguished professor of gerontology, medicine, and biological sciences at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, who has discovered several investigational peptides