Peptides and Cancer | 20+ Studies the Critics Won't Show You
Peptides and Cancer | 20+ Studies the Critics Won't Show You  
Podcast: The Hunter Williams Podcast
Published On: Fri May 22 2026
Description: All links here: ⁠https://hunterwilliamshealth.com/linksTimestamps:00:00 Intro01:00 Why I'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've heard it. "Peptides cause cancer." It'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'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'm honest about both.This is not medical advice and I'm not telling you peptides cure cancer. That's not what the data says and that's not what I'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'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 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11578304/Retatrutide https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11908972/Semaglutide https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11227080/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38683947/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12587238/SS-31 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7923037/Thymalin https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6752596/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29797130/Thymosin Alpha-1 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8652276/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2748379/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20194853/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27900029/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30063847/Tirzepatide https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.20.576484v1 https://aacrjournals.org/cancerres/article/84/6_Supplement/2188/738498/Abstract-2188-Tirzepatide-treatment-restoresVIPhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6317926/