It promotes angiogenesis (formation of new blood vessels), helps regulate nitric oxide activity, and provides broad protective effects across the gastrointestinal system, muscles, and nervous tissue
A 2024 study (PMID: 39902373) developed a food-derived tripeptide-copper self-healing hydrogel incorporating GHK-Cu for infected wound healing research, demonstrating the compounds compatibility with advanced drug delivery platforms
That gave so-called compounders, which make copycat versions of Wegovy that may be tweaked slightly to personalize them, more of a foothold
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