Some research suggests it may help protect the heart following injury or stress
Published 2017
That is the reason it is considered relatively safe even at high doses
Its research profile spans multiple biological systems including wound repair, vascular biology, gastrointestinal tissue modeling, connective tissue, and enteric nervous system research
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Its selectivity profile makes it a subject of interest in laboratories examining how EPO-derived sequences interact with non-hematopoietic tissues