Tour of peptide classes · Part 3: Longevity and mitochondrial
Mitochondria, and the one approved drug
Lesson 9.3.1 · 7 min read · Advanced plan
What you'll learn
- Elamipretide (SS-31) has accelerated approval for Barth syndrome only, based on a 12-patient trial whose randomized part missed its main goals.
- Humanin is encoded in mitochondrial DNA and falls with age, but has no human treatment trials.
- FDA linked contaminated food-grade NAD+ to reactions after injections in 2024.
- AICAR failed a 3,080-patient heart-surgery trial, and SLU-PP-332 has only mouse data.
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