@thecellbrief: Peptide words, decoded 🧬📖 1️⃣ Amino acid: the bead. There are 20 common kinds 2️⃣ Residue: a bead once it's in a chain. Insulin has 51 3️⃣ Peptide bond: the link. Each new link lets go of one water molecule 💧 4️⃣ Receptor: a lock on a cell 🔒 5️⃣ Agonist: a key that fits the lock and switches it on 🔑 6️⃣ Half-life: how long until half of it is gone from the blood. A natural gut hormone: about 2 minutes. A lab-made copy built to last: about a week ⏱️ 7️⃣ Analog: a lab-made copy with small, planned changes 8️⃣ "-tide": medicine names ending in -tide are peptides 🏷️ Which word should we decode next? 👇 Education only. Not medical advice. #Science #biology #vocabulary #ScienceExplained #learnontiktok

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