Does epitalon cause cancer?
This site's review found 13 studies for epitalon, 6 of them in people. They include a study that watched people for 6 to 8 years and a 12 to 15 year comparison in people with heart disease. The review did not find cancer reported as a result in that record. Interest in whether it switches on telomerase (an enzyme that rebuilds chromosome caps) does raise a general, theory-based question that researchers think about for anything acting on that pathway. But it is not a finding this compound's own studies have shown.
Studies in people from the compound pages this answer belongs to
- Epitalon
- Peptides of pineal gland and thymus prolong human life 2003 PMID 14523363
- Geroprotective effect of epithalamine (pineal gland peptide preparation) in elderly subjects with accelerated aging 2006 PMID 17426848
- Peptide geroprotector from the pituitary gland inhibits rapid aging of elderly people: results of 15-year follow-up 2011 PMID 22451889
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Part of immune and longevity peptides. Thymosin alpha-1, thymalin, epitalon, MOTS-c, humanin, and the bioregulator family.