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A Verge newsletter examines BPC-157, an unapproved 'body protection compound' peptide popularized as part of the so-called Wolverine stack for injury recovery. A 2025 systematic review found only 35 preclinical studies and a single human clinical study on the substance, even as it racked up over 50 million YouTube and TikTok views in 2024 and a reported 1,600 percent rise in US web searches over five years.
Pete Davidson told Variety he gained 15 pounds of muscle for his upcoming film 'How to Rob a Bank' by combining intense training and heavy protein intake with the peptides BPC-157 and Sermorelin. He said he wanted to be transparent about his methods rather than let people assume his physique came from diet alone.
WIRED purchased four peptide products—PT-141, BPC-157, NAD+, and retatrutide—from a Brooklyn bodega for $376.20 and sent them to Finnrick, an Austin testing startup, for independent analysis. Results showed the vials had low levels of heavy metals and endotoxins but none of the active ingredients listed on their labels, meaning the products were either mislabeled or degraded beyond recognition.