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MOLEKUL RESEARCH ROUNDUP · NOVEMBER 7–8, 2026

Two days in the archives.

From cycling and cold chambers to pregnancy studies and an old liver-regeneration dissertation. Here’s what joined the library and what the original sources reported.

New source records
66
59 other records and 7 patent families
Human participant records
9,273
Historical working total · 9,568 including additional screening
New catalogue cards
7
Preparations, fractions and mixtures
HUMAN COHORT INVENTORY · HISTORICAL PROGRAMS

Where the 9,273 participant records come from

This historical working total combines reported headcounts from military, aerospace, sports and environmental research. It includes controls, observational participants and nonpeptide intervention groups. Publication overlap and individual treatment exposure remain unresolved.

Working human headcount by program. Animal and cell experiments are counted separately in their source records.
Research programPeopleCount and evidence scope
Furgal, 1996 · military immunology and infection prevention ↗7,630Thirteen military units followed for 4–24 months in the immunocorrection series. The total includes vaccine, nonpeptide and comparator groups, as well as the Thymalin and Thymogen subgroups.
Pyatibrat, 2016 · military operational performance ↗570Overall dissertation program. Chapter 5 reports a 320-person comparison inside that program. The published treatment table adds to 310.
Cheprasov, 1997 · aerospace medicine ↗328The text and Table 1 report 328 people across 12 series. The stage counts add to 338, so the working total retains the author’s stated 328 pending reconciliation.
Khabarov, 2008 · military injury rehabilitation ↗76Seventy-six selected from 317 screened for combined injuries. The additional 241 screened people are counted separately below.
Itemized sports and environmental studies ↗669510 sports and exercise records plus 159 environmental and vestibular records. Related reports with unresolved overlap add no records.
Working total9,273Four parent programs plus the itemized sports and environmental cohorts.
Including additional screening9,568Also includes 241 screening records from Khabarov and 54 from Buynov outside the selected groups.

Sports and environmental studies counted individually

The earlier subtotal of 698 had no source-by-source list. This review replaces it with 669 records supported by the studies listed below. When reports may share participants, the table explains which count was used and which reports were held out.

Furgal’s eleven reported series within the 7,630

These are the series sizes listed in the author’s abstract, including their controls and comparators. The 240-person donor series is within the program count. The abstract reports at least 83.7% immune responders with peptide-inclusive immunization versus 60.5% with standard vaccination, with antibody titres of at least 9.6±0.2 versus 8.6±0.7 IU/mL.

SeriesPeople
BCG vaccine immunostimulation391
Preliminary Thymalin and influenza-vaccine comparison247
Larger Thymalin and influenza-vaccine comparison2,163
Influenza vaccine immunogenicity with Thymalin217
Combined Thymalin and influenza prevention schedules544
Staphylococcal toxoid donor series240
Thymalin emergency influenza and respiratory infection prevention1,850
Thymogen emergency prevention211
Sodium nucleinate emergency prevention1,280
Thymalin in people predisposed to influenza and respiratory infections356
Sodium nucleinate and vaccination contraindications or complications131
Donor findings and original author’s abstract ↗
Cheprasov’s aerospace program by research stage

The author’s abstract reports 98 pilots and 46 cosmonauts among the 328 examined. The separate panel of 47 modeling experts is outside the participant table. The stage counts below total 338. The abstract leaves the reason for the ten-person discrepancy unclear.

Research stageSeriesPeople
Cosmonaut health simulation1Simulation only
Cosmonaut morbidity138
Functional-state assessment algorithms260
Pilot monitoring during flight training172
Operators in extreme environments18
Flight personnel rehabilitation126
Peptide bioregulators under adverse exposures3116
Postflight Thymogen in cosmonauts18
Cortexin and sleep disturbances110

The 116-person block contains the 30-person hypobaric hypoxia comparison, the 70-person Coriolis motion-tolerance comparison and the 16-person sustained-work comparison. The eight-person postflight study and ten-person sleep study have separate rows in Table 1.

Read Table 1 in the author’s abstract ↗

The six-report subtotal farther down describes a separate selection from the November release. The two tallies share records and should be read separately.

Publication overlap and counting decisions ↗

Four findings worth a closer look

ATHLETES · PATENT DISCLOSURE8.4 vs 4.6 min

Cycling to exhaustion

Day 21 for paired brain fractions versus saline, six cyclists per arm. The companion filing substantially overlaps.

See the results and methods ↗
MICE · COMBINED ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS12.5 vs 4.5 s

VIR-8 during hypoxia and cold

Loaded swim time favored VIR-8 in cold (p=0.0002). In heat the comparison was 16.8 versus 16.9 seconds (p=0.99).

See the results and methods ↗
RATS · NUTRITION EXPERIMENT91 → 404 s

Soy hydrolysate and repeated swimming

Group mean time rose by about 344%. The paper’s 511% averages individual changes. Eight soy-group rats were in the final plotted comparison.

See the results and methods ↗
RATS · RECOVERED DISSERTATION TABLE12.7 vs 3.8‰

GHK and liver-cell division

Mitotic index after ten injections of copper-free GHK at 1.5 µg/kg versus saline, eight per group. Some higher doses worsened tissue condition.

See the results and methods ↗
PERFORMANCE PHARMACOLOGY

From brain fractions to performance under stress

Researchers tested acute task performance, tolerance of environmental stress, and preservation of tissue function during disuse or recovery. The sources span animal experiments, athlete patent disclosures, human physiology and military archives.

Sports findings ↗ · Military and occupational findings ↗ · Historical research philosophy ↗

From PPK-V to distinct preparations

PPK-V versus Cortexin, Semax and Dalargin: rat peptide-profile study ↗

The 2020 study compared six experimental brain mixtures with Cortexin, Semax and Dalargin. PPK-V is the cortex-derived mixture. Table 2 reports 552±44 seconds in hypoxia and 289±66 seconds in loaded swimming. Different doses and cohorts limit direct rankings. Matching book and journal tables are treated as one evidence series.

Oleyl-Cortagen versus Cortagen: central and systemic rat assays ↗

The 496-rat dissertation compared Oleyl-Cortagen, Cortagen, Cortexin and Cerebrolysin. At 1 µg into the ventricle, Oleyl-Cortagen increased self-stimulation from 159.7 to 199.1 presses per five minutes. Higher central doses had smaller responses. The behavioral readout leaves brain exposure after systemic dosing unresolved.

Endurance, stress response and preservation

Soy peptide hydrolysate and loaded swimming in rats ↗

A soy hydrolysate averaging about 6 kDa increased mean swim time from 91 to 404 seconds. The paper’s 511% averages individual changes. Final plotted groups were 9, 8 and 8 for whey, soy and amino acids. Four animals were lost. Size is the comparison with PPK-V. Active sequences remain unidentified.

MOTS-c during seven days of rat hindlimb unloading ↗

Daily MOTS-c during seven days of rat hindlimb unloading preserved isolated soleus fatigue resistance and mitigated slow-fiber atrophy. Fast-fiber atrophy persisted. The full paper is needed to verify group sizes, dose and the size of the fatigue effect.

Environmental stress, combinations and mechanism

Ganapolsky’s 86-man climate-chamber conference report ↗

The 86-man Tabai report describes 24% lower state anxiety and 19% lower trait anxiety with Dilept during cold, zero reported arithmetic errors with Noopept during heat, and higher work-capacity indices with Cortexin at simulated altitude. The report lacks per-arm counts and contains an inconsistent placebo p-value statement.

Kim’s hypoxia and temperature model: original animal tables ↗

Kim’s physiology experiments included 105 mice and 120 rats. Swim time fell from 6.6 to 2.0 minutes between comfortable water and +40°C in the hypoxia model. Hypoxia explained 48% of modeled variation, heat 34%, and their interaction 5%. The additivity index was 0.71. The cold-air survival comparison had an overall p=0.12.

Kim’s five-peptide stress comparison: Chapter 6.4 evidence audit ↗

Chapter 6.4 names Cortexin, Pineamin, Prostatilen, Thymalin and Thymogen. The dissertation highlights Pineamin in its conclusions. Exact doses, group sizes and relative performance still require the original tables. The HIF-1α and TSPO papers describe stress physiology, and the DMAE derivative is a separate nonpeptide intervention.

Existing records expanded or revisited

Military program and guidance trail

The archive links early adaptation programs with later studies of combined environmental stress. Program identifiers help locate the original protocols, participant counts and treatment assignments.

Named programs with traceable source trails
ProgramIdentifier or periodResearch connection
Устойчивость / ResilienceVMA 02.12.01.0709/0214 · 2000sGanapolsky: chamber pharmacology, including antihypoxants and peptide research. Match the 2007 conference and journal cohorts before counting participants. Source trail ↗
Медилаб / Medilab1991–1995 and related work toward 2000Cheprasov, Novikov, Shustov, Yastrebov and colleagues: aerospace functional state, vestibular stress and recovery. Individual protocols and tables remain acquisition targets. Source trail ↗
Биорегуляция / BioregulationVMA.03.12.08.0910/0226 · 2000sSorkin’s Cortexin research in radiation-accident responders. Rehabilitation endpoints, distinct from operational performance. Source trail ↗
Биоритмология / Biorhythmology1994–1996 historical recordsKim reanalyzed records from the Academy climate laboratory. No new recruit count or verified peptide allocation. Source trail ↗
Ранг-97 / Rang-971990s historical recordsReanalyzed alongside Biorhythmology. Original report and preparation-level protocol remain missing. Source trail ↗
Ротор-ВМА / Rotor-VMAУМА.02.07.2122/0031 · 2022–2024 lineageNamed in Kim’s dissertation for environmental physiology and performance research. The identifier does not establish a drug trial. Source trail ↗
Рубеж-М / Rubezh-MУМА.01.07.2325/0034 · 2022–2024 lineageHealthy-volunteer stress physiology; peptide-specific treatment assignments not verified. Source trail ↗
Additional codenames and numbered reports

Космос (Kosmos) · Сальск (Salsk) · Корнишон (Kornishon) · Лира-3 (Lira-3) · Облик-3 (Oblik-3) · Эффективность (Efficiency) · Геофарм (Geofarm). These names are leads from the Shustov trail. Their study populations and compound assignments remain unresolved. Shustov dissertation lead ↗

  • 83-90-П4 — Military immune-status research
  • В4-90-П4 — Immunocorrection; thymic peptide trail
  • 28813-М — Combined vaccination strategies
  • 11-88-В4 — Armed Forces immunization report
  • 29-92-ВТ — Donor immunization and thymic peptides
  • 71-92-П4 — Respiratory infection prevention
  • 3.10.91.п2 — Shustov reference; subject unresolved
Guidance documents cited in the archive
  • 1987 — Psychopharmacological correction of combat readiness. Named in the 2021 institutional history; original document not recovered. Source trail ↗
  • 1989 — Pharmacological correction of combat readiness and work capacity. Named in the institutional history; original order and inclusion of specific compounds not verified. Source trail ↗
  • 2022 — Correction of performance in motor-intensive military tasks. Kim reports approval by the Main Military Medical Directorate; original text not recovered. Source trail ↗
  • 2024 — Correction of performance under adverse occupational conditions. Kim describes a submitted draft. Final approval and the original document are unverified. Source trail ↗
Medilab documents and conference proceedings to locate

Cheprasov cites two methodological recommendations in the appendix to the 1995 Medilab report. One covers assessing fatigue in aerospace specialists. The other concerns the use of peptide bioregulators in aerospace work. The abstract also names the 1993 teaching manual on pilots’ functional states and a 1995 ministry letter on rehabilitation of Chernobyl and other radiation-accident responders.

  • Peptide Bioregulators–Cytomedins, St. Petersburg, 1992.
  • Professional Activity of Cosmonauts and Ways to Improve Its Effectiveness, Star City, 1993.
  • Tenth Conference on Space Biology and Aerospace Medicine, Moscow, 1994.
  • Antihypoxants and Actoprotectors, St. Petersburg, 1994.
  • Clinical and Physiological Aspects of Flight Personnel Rehabilitation, Gatchina, 1996.

These translated titles are acquisition leads from the abstract’s presentation and implementation sections. Proceedings may repeat dissertation cohorts. Cheprasov source record ↗

Related research without a verified codename

Priority originals include Kim’s Chapter 6.4 and 49-page author abstract, the complete Medilab and Resilience protocols, cohort records for the Tabai reports, and characterization of the VIR-8 peptide mixture.

Full program and source map ↗ · Missing originals ↗

PERFORMANCE RESEARCH ARCHIVE · 9 NOVEMBER 2026

Original tables, new compound records and related research

Follow the study links for original methods, study exposures and reported results. The study-level count explains which records contribute to the historical tally.

How publications and participants were counted

Volume III first describes a 10,000 m acute mouse screen. Its course Table 11 then repeats the values printed in the 2018 paper’s Table 1, which specifies male rats and 11,500 m. The animal table contributes no human participants.

2014 Table 11 ↗ · 2018 Table 1 ↗ · Side-by-side source audit ↗

Research trailCount handling
2014 monograph and 2018 Thymogen paperThe course-hypoxia data match across 16 arms. Index once as a rat experiment. The acute mouse protocol is described separately, with no extra count for the repeated publication.
Furgal programCount 7,630 as reported across 13 units. Donor and prevention series are inside that denominator. The 1993 Thymogen report is an overlapping lead pending its original recruitment records.
Cheprasov aerospace researchRetain the reported 328 with the 338 row sum visible. Its 30, 70, 16 and eight-person comparisons are subseries. Independence of related aerospace publications remains unresolved.
Khabarov rehabilitation317 screened, 76 selected, 60 analyzed. The screening expansion adds 241 to the historical tally. The treatment results add no people.
Pyatibrat field exerciseRetain 570 at program level. The 320 comparison, the 310 printed in Table 49 and the 320 conference report describe related scopes. The seven- and eight-day course descriptions remain distinct.
Emirova rowingThe journal and dissertation describe the same research program. Use the 120 dissertation count once per program and retain the reported arm-size differences.
Tabai chamber and sports proceedingsThe 86 and 127 Tabai reports, the 20-archer and 45-athlete Semax reports, and the 14-person Cortexin biathlon trail require cross-publication matching.
Cortexin in biathletesThe 2014 paper reports 20 athletes. Its patent citation and repeated shooting result leave overlap with the earlier biathlon trail unresolved. The 20 add no records.
Pinealon in artistic gymnasticsThe 2013 proceedings report 16 gymnasts and 20 student controls on p. 362. The related abstract on p. 311 adds no records.
Cortexin and Semax in ratsThe 2022 and 2023 articles print identical weighted-swim results at all six time points. They are one animal evidence family.
Brain-fraction patentsRU2503459C2 and RU2496504C1 largely repeat Fraction B and saline results. The 48-person example is never added twice.
Original Thymogen, altitude and motion studies
Rehabilitation and tissue recovery
Athletes, endurance and training
Delivery and hydrolysate comparisons

Liberol dissertation results ↗

Related 2026 Cortexin–citicoline spinal injury study ↗

Patents and formulation examples
Supporting sources, conferences and unresolved originals

New catalogue cards

What went live

Source counts reflect additions to Molekul on November 7–8. Historical papers retain their original publication years. The library reached 846 source records and 131 catalogue cards at the close of the roundup.

November 7 24 new records

Pregnancy and offspring research ↗

Twenty records added and one earlier paper expanded across 15 compound cards. The map separates maternal care, offspring experiments and neonatal treatment.

Browse 20 new records

November 8 42 new records

GHK, liver injury and immunity ↗

Three selected tables from Smakhtin’s dissertation abstract show how liver-cell division, tissue condition and immune responses diverged. Dose-unit conflicts remain visible.

Browse 5 new records

Thymalin and Dalargin ↗

Twelve journal records and a psoriasis patent added. The ulcer report leaves simultaneous use unresolved, and the patent describes three alternative regimens.

Browse 13 new records

Sports and occupational evidence maps ↗

Athlete cycling and swimming, chamber physiology, dose and comparator tables, and new historical program records. The update also expanded seven existing records.

Military and occupational research ↗

Browse 22 new records

The November 7 catalogue audit also checked search metadata and crawlability across the 124 profiles then on the site. Those changes are separate from research additions.

Six featured release reports · 1,051 people

This narrower subtotal describes six reports featured in the November 7–8 release. It includes program participants and controls. Repeat publications, case examples, reference donors and reports with missing denominators sit outside this subtotal. Read it separately from the historical archive tally above.

Reported enrollment in the six featured sources
SourcePeopleWhat the count covers
Pregnancy and anemia program520Overall research program. The reported treatment comparisons cover smaller subsets.
Pregnancy combined-care program112Imunofan was one part of the protocol for 36 women.
Duodenal ulcer report120Patients only. Thirty separate healthy reference donors are excluded.
Chernobyl response workers165Three initial groups. Later follow-up subgroups are included in those groups.
Climate chamber conference report86Possible overlap with the previously indexed journal report. Only the new conference denominator is shown.
Cyclists and swimmers48Applicant-reported athlete groups. The companion filing substantially repeats the data.

Seven new catalogue cards