Humanin

Speaking of therapies, let's move on to peptide therapy, and specifically mitochondrial derived peptides.

And this first paper is on humanin.

Humanin is fascinating because it is encoded within the mitochondrial genome.

And whenever I explain mitochondrial derived peptides, I think this is one of the concepts that really changes how people think about mitochondria.

Your mitochondria don't simply receive instructions.

Maybe these aren't simply molecules you give from the outside to quote-unquote boost mitochondria.

Maybe they're part of the body's own language for maintaining metabolic resilience.

Humanin may help cope with stress.