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What is thymosin beta-4 used for?

As the full length, 43 amino acid natural peptide, it has been studied in completed Phase 1, 2, and 3 human trials for wound healing, cardiac repair after injury, and corneal or other eye conditions. This is the parent molecule of the shorter fragment sold as TB-500, and its trial record belongs to it specifically, not automatically to that fragment, which FDA's 2026 review treated as a separate, largely untested substance.

Educational use only. This database summarizes published research and is not medical advice. Where a dose appears it is a record of what a trial or clinic ran, or what people describe doing, with its source attached. Nothing here is a recommendation for personal use.

Part of healing and recovery peptides. BPC-157, TB-500, GHK-Cu, and the tissue repair family, including what actually has human data.

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