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The most striking recent piece of evidence came from a 2026 study published in Cell Metabolism [12], which found that semaglutide appeared to reverse cartilage damage in a mouse model of osteoarthritis, and crucially, this effect was independent of weight loss
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In human plasma, the GHK concentration is approximately 200 ng/mL at the age of 20, but declines to around 80 ng/mL by the age of 60