Peptides, plainly.
Peptides are short chains of amino acids. They signal. They bind receptors and tell cells to do specific things: build, repair, signal hunger, signal fullness, dial up mitochondrial activity, modulate inflammation, drive collagen production. Different from small molecules. Different from antibodies. Different from proteins.
Their power is specificity. A well-chosen peptide can target one pathway with precision. Their challenge is half-life: most peptides degrade fast, which is why research protocols are dosed on schedules tuned to half-life and receptor occupancy, not on intuition.
How we test: every PeptiVerse batch goes to an ISO 9001 partner lab. HPLC for purity. Mass spectrometry for identity. LAL for endotoxin. The full chromatogram is on the batch certificate, retrievable by code at any time.
How Hagrid uses the literature: when you ask Hagrid about a research goal, it pulls from a curated catalogue with receptor data, half-life, peer-reviewed protocol cadences, and known interaction profiles. It doesn't invent protocols. It surfaces what the literature supports, framed as research cadence.