A pulled muscle, a stubborn injury, chronic inflammation, and a quick scroll online will tell you there’s a shortcut for all of it. BPC-157 for repair. TB-500 for recovery. GHK-Cu for regeneration . Each one packaged as a targeted fix for a very specific biological problem. It starts to sound like a catalogue of solutions built for every weakness the body can have. There’s a peptide for all the problems, if you look hard enough. The rise of peptides has exploded far beyond medical clinics and research labs. They are now part of wellness culture, biohacking communities, gym conversations and TikTok explainers promising faster healing and biological ‘optimisation’. Yet beneath the hype lies a more complicated reality. Some peptide-based therapies are already firmly embedded in modern medicine, while others sit in a grey zone, scientifically intriguing, widely discussed online, but still lacking large-scale human trials.…