In a reported case of a 12-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, cystic encephalomalacia, and refractory epilepsy, scurvy was confirmed after long-term KD use (244)
FMT from PLR-RStreated mice to stroke mice reproduced these protective effects, highlighting a gut microbiotamelatonin axis as a therapeutic mechanism (Zhou et al., 2023)
Understanding the warburg effect: the metabolic requirements of cell proliferation
A 2025 study published in Frontiers in Pharmacology examined GHK-Cu's effects in a colitis model, finding that it modulated SIRT1 and STAT3 signaling in colon tissue a reminder that this peptide's research footprint extends well past skin and hair into broader inflammatory and metabolic pathways
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That could change after the committee review in July 2026, but today, it's not approved