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Glow Recipe Pomegranate Firming Serum With antioxidant-rich pomegranate and collagen-boosting polypeptides (a blend of signal peptides and copper tri-peptides) working together, the Pomegranate Peptide Firming Serum targets fine lines and wrinkles with its lifting and tightening formula.
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Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2023
While semaglutide targets one molecule, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), involved in insulin secretion, tirzepatide is the first to target two: GLP-1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP).
—Alice Park, Time, 6 June 2023
What’s missing from such previous complexity measures, Cronin said, is any sense of the history of the complex object — the measures don’t distinguish between an enzyme and a random polypeptide.
—Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 4 May 2023
This supplement powder is rich in immunoglobulin, lactoferrin, and proline-rich polypeptides (PRPs), all of which work together to support immune function and protect against infection.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
Mounjaro, also known as tirzepatide, acts on a combination of two hormones: GLP-1 and GIP (glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide).
—Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2023
Mounjaro is the only dual-acting glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist approved to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes in addition to diet and exercise.
—Verywell Health, 2 Feb. 2023
Second, tirzepatide has also been shown to bind to receptors that are normally targeted by glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) hormones.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
Repeats with a lot of proline, threonine and serine transform a typical protein to a mucin because of the polypeptide structure that is formed.
—Coren Walters-Stewart, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2022
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Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2023
While semaglutide targets one molecule, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), involved in insulin secretion, tirzepatide is the first to target two: GLP-1 and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP).
—Alice Park, Time, 6 June 2023
What’s missing from such previous complexity measures, Cronin said, is any sense of the history of the complex object — the measures don’t distinguish between an enzyme and a random polypeptide.
—Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 4 May 2023
This supplement powder is rich in immunoglobulin, lactoferrin, and proline-rich polypeptides (PRPs), all of which work together to support immune function and protect against infection.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
Mounjaro, also known as tirzepatide, acts on a combination of two hormones: GLP-1 and GIP (glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide).
—Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2023
Mounjaro is the only dual-acting glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist approved to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes in addition to diet and exercise.
—Verywell Health, 2 Feb. 2023
Second, tirzepatide has also been shown to bind to receptors that are normally targeted by glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) hormones.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
Repeats with a lot of proline, threonine and serine transform a typical protein to a mucin because of the polypeptide structure that is formed.
—Coren Walters-Stewart, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2022
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1903, in the meaning defined above
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“Polypeptide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polypeptide. Accessed 4 Dec. 2023.
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