Episode 65
Rotator Cuff Peptide Research: Marcus, 47
Marcus is 47, with a rotator cuff tear that never closed, a sore knee and an aching back. His story covers peptides studied for fibroblast collagen, chronic inflammation and joint cartilage.
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Rotator Cuff Peptide Research: Marcus, 47
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- This is Marcus. He is 47. He used to be the guy who could
- fix anything.
- Hike for hours. Carry groceries up two flights without
- thinking.
- Then it started. A torn rotator cuff that never healed.
- A knee that hurts every morning. A back that aches just
- from bending down.
- The tissue keeps fraying. Inflammation spreads.
- His doctor tried surgery. Pills. Shots. Nothing fixed it.
- But recently something changed.
- Molecular science has created peptides for exactly what
- Marcus is going through.
- Peptides that tell his body to repair what it has been
- failing to fix.
- The first signals fibroblasts to weave new collagen across
- the tear.
- The second calms chronic inflammation.
- The third protects the joint cushion wearing down.
- For the first time in three years, Marcus moves without
- thinking.
- The hike doesn't punish him anymore.
- He sleeps through the night.
- He picks up a bag of mulch without flinching.