The Merit Brief · A weekly newsletter
Three peptide research papers in your inbox every Monday.
Curated by an editorial team. No claims. No hype. Just the science — summarized in 100 words apiece, with the source paper linked. Plus one in-depth Compound Profile each month.
What's inside.
Four recurring sections. One coherent publication.
01 · Weekly
This Week in the Literature
Three new peer-reviewed peptide research papers. 100-word summaries. Source links to PubMed. Delivered every Monday.
02 · Monthly
Compound Profiles
Magazine-format scientific features on a single research peptide. Discovery history, mechanism, research context, notable papers — 800-1,200 words.
03 · Bi-weekly
Methodology Notes
Radical transparency on how research peptides actually get made and verified. HPLC, mass spectrometry, COA workflows, cold-chain logistics.
04 · Bi-weekly
The Frontier
What's being researched right now — new mitochondrial peptides, receptor-specific analogs, the next decade of peptide science.
About Merit.
Merit Sciences supplies research-grade peptides to qualified researchers in the United States. Every batch is independently HPLC-verified. Every Certificate of Analysis is published.
The Merit Brief is the publication of Merit Sciences — and the only peer-reviewed peptide research newsletter we're aware of.
Learn more →The Merit Brief is editorial. Research peptides supplied by Merit Sciences are for laboratory research use only and are not for human consumption, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease.