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Check the biological system and observation period. Telomerase activity, cellular senescence and organism survival are different endpoints; cell findings do not establish human longevity effects.
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- What was compared, and which endpoint was measured?
- Were results neutral or conflicting, and what remains untested?
Preclinical study
- GHK-Cu in nematodes: lifespan is a model-specific endpoint
GHK-Cu · 2026 · Caenorhabditis elegans experiments examined lifespan, stress responses, movement and mitochondrial-associated pathways.
- Epitalon in normal and cancer cells: telomere pathways differ
Epithalon / Epitalon · 2025 · A 2025 cell study distinguished telomerase changes from alternative telomere-lengthening activity.
- Epithalon in thymic cell culture: protein-synthesis markers
Epithalon / Epitalon · 2004 · Human thymic cells were cultured with Vilon or Epithalon and examined for nucleolar-region protein staining.
- Epithalon and telomerase in fibroblasts: a cellular finding, not a longevity trial
Epithalon · 2003 · The early paper reported telomerase-related changes in a cultured human cell population.
- Epithalon in Campbell rats: developmental timing matters
Epithalon / Epitalon · 2003 · A rat retinal-degeneration model compared exposure during offspring development with exposure extending to mothers before and during pregnancy.
- Epithalon and chromosome aberrations in aging-model mice
Epithalon / Epitalon · 2002 · Bone-marrow chromosome measurements were compared across mouse strains after long-term experimental peptide exposure.
- Epithalon and Vilon: gene-expression changes in mouse heart
Epithalon / Epitalon · 2002 · An early microarray experiment compared heart gene-expression patterns after individual peptides and their combination.
- Epithalon in aged rat intestine: region-specific transport findings
Epithalon / Epitalon · 2002 · Intestinal segments from aged rats were studied for glucose and glycine transport after experimental exposure to two peptides.
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