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Volume 1, Number 1,
October 2026

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Below the headlines, into the evidence.

Crystals of insulin, the first peptide to become a medicine and the standard against which the peptides in this issue’s Evidence Check are measured. A new kind of insulin can modify its activity in response to glucose levels in the blood. Credit: Antonio Romero / Science Photo Library.

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Vol. 1 · October 2026

Evidence Check

Are peptides the real future of longevity? AB-0101

Explainer

Are you really what you eat? AB-0102

October 2026 cover | The Abyss