Peptide Arcana
Thymosin Beta-4: Traps loose actin, the building block of cells' crawling filaments, so it controls cell movement. Sold for repair; TB-500 is a piece.

Thymosin Beta-4

In clinical trialsBones and muscles

How it works

Traps loose actin, the building block of cells' crawling filaments, so it controls cell movement. Sold for repair; TB-500 is a piece.

What it's made of

A natural 43-amino-acid protein that traps loose actin, the piece the cell uses to build its “threads,” and so controls when the cell can move.

What it's for

Prescribed for
Nothing.
Sold as
The natural repair peptide: wounds, tendons and heart.

Educational satire, not medical advice.