https://merge.io/blog Merge Labs, the successor to Sumner Norman’s Forest Neurotech. Sam Altman is involved.
“entirely new technologies that connect with neurons using molecules instead of electrodes, transmit and receive information using deep-reaching modalities like ultrasound, and avoid implants into brain tissue.”
links 1/21/26: https://roamresearch.com/#/app/srcpublic/page/01-21-2026
safety of BPC-157:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027323002030091X good results in animals
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02637284 Phase I trial never published results
efficacy of BPC-157:
lots of rat studies, mostly from a single Croatian group.
muscle crush injury: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00595-007-3706-2
nerve injury: https://sci-hub.ru/10.1016/j.regpep.2009.11.005
transected Achilles tendon: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1016/S0736-0266(03)00110-4
burn wounds: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305417901000559
https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/52383591/s0305-4179_2803_2900004-420170330-24326-4gd6e5-libre.pdf?1490889654=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DCorticosteroid_impairment_of_healing_and.pdf&Expires=1769013693&Signature=JAEWDKJjSCtsU2GSSDcSPp5zmc-OWfhbjdsD~T92G~DQidDSPORPNJj311WHY3yb81i0xLhJGaJtzlCCXTs4L5EgXA-zOolWjGRl~KX8nlQaKF2-c8SD5e~NbhuDr8KCnrzBsefZFq33kPVm62PZR2tinP5MG-RlkF~jg04GDdbeJcqOqSWnTqF6msoaI0XJh-~yKc~TPw3Sgu3TjtBtQkwf0iYzXQzgknmy9jCpHWerDuOitHxc~vP86Oeogo3mkNT7hcRiCxOJlFjIw7~tDe7ELDsEHR4XKo3z6IJxn3KESz67Fkg~ekscFTmIlvc4jvfcbGm6m~pXJWFYRrLHjg__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA
transected quadriceps: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ivana-Jukic-4/publication/386552211_Effective_Therapy_of_Transected_Quadriceps_Muscle_in_Rat_Gastric_Pentadecapeptide_BPC_157/links/6755eed8ad10b614ef38fc50/Effective-Therapy-of-Transected-Quadriceps-Muscle-in-Rat-Gastric-Pentadecapeptide-BPC-157.pdf?__cf_chl_tk=RaT7Tc9iZLhABhuDnMhI1ULk_YT4jRjnsqolDZWRcD8-1769010681-1.0.1.1-ERKlPZGSbU6Efs_atjBVy725qlome2FoqNfk7sePH3Y
ligament transection: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jor.21107
https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/61/2/291
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00109-016-1488-y
https://sci-hub.ru/10.1152/japplphysiol.00945.2010
a few small uncontrolled human experiments from one guy at University of Central Florida:
https://www.alternative-therapies.com/oa/pdf/11513.pdf
https://asipp.org/wp-content/uploads/Intra-Articular-Injection-of-BPC-157-for-Multiple-Types-of-Knee-Pain-2021-Alternative-Therapies-in-Health-and-Medicine.pdf
https://www.alternative-therapies.com/oa/pdf/11423.pdf
Shaun Tan’s art: https://www.npr.org/2022/11/03/1131598819/shaun-tan-creature-the-lost-thing-the-arrival
https://merge.io/blog Merge Labs, the successor to Sumner Norman’s Forest Neurotech. Sam Altman is involved.
“entirely new technologies that connect with neurons using molecules instead of electrodes, transmit and receive information using deep-reaching modalities like ultrasound, and avoid implants into brain tissue.”