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Research Guides
How to read published research: study models, control groups and the limits of what a single result can show.
Research Literacy
A reference for laboratory teams on two short cosmetic-ingredient peptides: acetyl hexapeptide-8 (marketed as Argireline) and the collagen-derived pentapeptide KTTKS. It covers nomenclature, how they were first described, what penetration and analytical studies measured, and why concentrations across papers differ.
Research Literacy
A literacy case study for laboratory teams: dihexa, a modified angiotensin IV-derived compound, has a thin primary literature in which a founding paper carries an expression of concern and two related papers from the same group were retracted in 2025. This guide shows how to trace and weigh such a record.
Research Literacy
A short guide to reading the model behind a peptide paper: cell culture, animal and human studies, why results from one model do not transfer to another, and what control groups are for.
Research Literacy
A reference profile of delta sleep-inducing peptide (DSIP) for laboratory teams: the original 1977 isolation and sequence, why a name can promise more than the data show, the unrelated 77-residue protein later recognized by DSIP antibodies, and how to read the literature.
Research Literacy
PubChem is one of the most-used public chemistry databases, and its records are often cited for research peptides. This guide explains how PubChem is organised (Substance, Compound and BioAssay), what CIDs, SIDs and CAS Registry Numbers are, how structure standardisation works, why many peptides have no 3D conformer, and the common pitfalls when matching a record to a vial.
Research Literacy
Much of the peptide literature rests on small studies. This guide explains, from well-known methodology papers, what statistical power is, why low power both misses real effects and inflates the ones it finds, which features of a research field make findings less reliable, and how the ARRIVE 2.0 reporting guidelines help you judge an animal study.
Research Literacy
A guide to how research peptide names are formed, from one-letter amino-acid codes and acronyms to lab codes, parent-molecule names and official nonproprietary name stems, and why a name never tells you what a compound does.
Research Literacy
A short guide to how the scientific record corrects itself: what a retraction and an expression of concern mean, a real example from the peptide literature, and how to check a paper's status on PubMed.
