What is thymalin?
Thymalin is a peptide mix taken from calf thymus (a gland in the chest that trains immune cells). It has been used by doctors in the Soviet Union and Russia since the 1980s, and there is a lot of Russian medical writing behind it. That includes a group followed for 6 to 8 years, which reported roughly twofold lower death rates in those treated, and a 92-patient COVID-19 study where everyone knew what they were getting. This site's review found 8 studies for it, 4 of them in people, and none repeated by research groups outside that school.
Studies in people from the compound pages this answer belongs to
- Thymalin
- Peptides of pineal gland and thymus prolong human life 2003 PMID 14523363
- Results and prospects of using activator of hematopoietic stem cell differentiation in complex therapy for patients with COVID-19 2021 PMID 33575961
- Morphological composition and blood clotting indicators in severe COVID-19 patients treated with tocilizumab or thymalin 2022 PMID 36169363
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Part of immune and longevity peptides. Thymosin alpha-1, thymalin, epitalon, MOTS-c, humanin, and the bioregulator family.