The Hunter Williams Podcast

Peptides and Cancer | 20+ Studies the Critics Won't Show You

May 22, 2026·30 min
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All links here: ⁠https://hunterwilliamshealth.com/linksTimestamps:00:00 Intro01:00 Why I&#39;m making this video04:00 The plan: peptides with direct anti-cancer evidence06:02 AOD-9604 and HGH Frag 176-19107:42 BPC-15709:54 DSIP (Delta Sleep Inducing Peptide)11:08 Epitalon12:30 Follistatin 34413:30 GHK-Cu14:36 Kisspeptin15:58 KPV17:18 LL-3718:46 Melanotan 219:58 MOTS-c21:12 Retatrutide22:34 Semaglutide23:40 SS-3124:38 Thymalin25:26 Thymosin Alpha-127:00 Tirzepatide27:30 VIP (Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide)28:06 Bottom line and closing thoughtsDescriptionIf you spend any time in the peptide social media world, you&#39;ve heard it. &quot;Peptides cause cancer.&quot; It&#39;s the easiest way to scare someone off something, and a lot of people do it without ever showing you a single study.So I went and pulled the studies. In this video I walk through every peptide on the popular research peptide list that actually has direct anti-cancer evidence in the published literature. Not theory. Not mechanism guesses. Actual studies in cells, animals, and in some cases, humans.You&#39;ll see what the research says about BPC-157, GHK-Cu, Epitalon, KPV, LL-37, Thymosin Alpha-1, MOTS-c, semaglutide, tirzepatide, retatrutide, and a handful more. Some of this evidence is strong. Some is preliminary. I&#39;m honest about both.This is not medical advice and I&#39;m not telling you peptides cure cancer. That&#39;s not what the data says and that&#39;s not what I&#39;m claiming. What I am saying is that the next time someone hits you with a 60 second clip telling you peptides cause cancer, you&#39;ll have something more substantial to weigh it against.All study links below.📚 Studies Referenced (in order of appearance)AOD-9604 / HGH Frag 176-191 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9249349/BPC-157 https://journals.lww.com/melanomaresearch/citation/2004/08000/bpc_157_inhibits_cell_growth_and_vegf_signalling.50.aspx https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29886825/DSIPhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12782416/Epitalon https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14501183/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12209581/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12049808/Follistatin 344 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9633376/GHK-Cu https://neoplasiaresearch.com/index.php/jao/article/view/217 https://www.lidsen.com/journals/genetics/genetics-05-02-128Kisspeptin https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8944003/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28944853/KPV https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4957955/LL-37 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3910284/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3659029/Melanotan 2 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7013727/MOTS-c<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/arti

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