Research Overview 19 May 2026 11 min read By the OP Labs editorial team It circulates in human plasma right now — a tiny three-amino-acid molecule that researchers believe may play a far larger role than its size would suggest. Illustrative rendering of a copper tripeptide in solution. OP Labs · Research Key facts at […]
Cellular Energy 11 min read By the OP Labs editorial team By the age of fifty, research suggests human tissues may hold substantially less NAD+ than at twenty — and scientists are still working out exactly what that means. Abstract visualisation of mitochondrial energy production. OP Labs · Research NAD+ is not a household name, […]
History 10 min read By the OP Labs editorial team In 1921, a young surgeon with no research funding and a half-formed idea walked into a university laboratory and changed medicine forever. A century of peptide discovery, told through its turning points. OP Labs · Research His name was Frederick Banting. He was not a […]
Fundamentals 8 min read By the OP Labs editorial team They are all made from the same twenty building blocks — so why do scientists treat them as completely different things? Amino acid, peptide, protein — one continuous chemistry, three behaviours. OP Labs · Research It is a fair question, and a common source of […]
How it Works 11 min read By the OP Labs editorial team Change a single amino acid in a chain of forty, and an active signal becomes entirely inert. A peptide meets its receptor — the moment of recognition. OP Labs · Research That sensitivity is the heart of how peptides work. These molecules are […]
Origins 11 min read By the OP Labs editorial team One of the most powerful painkillers ever developed came from the venom of a marine snail barely five centimetres long. The cone snail — a five-centimetre fisher of peptides. OP Labs · Research The cone snail is slow, beautiful, and lethal. It hunts fish by […]
Beginner’s Guide 8 min read By the OP Labs editorial team Your body produces thousands of distinct peptides — and science is only just beginning to map what they all do. Illustrative rendering of a short peptide chain. OP Labs · Research Some carry messages between cells. Some defend against invading bacteria. Some hold tissue […]
