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Thymalin

Immune & thymicLongevity & anti-aging

A thymic bioregulator peptide studied in immune-aging research.

Thymus peptide bioregulator

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Observed median price

$114

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Median of 3 listings' 30-day changes; 11 excluded for insufficient history.

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Active listings

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Independent lab tests

$24–$322

Observed price range

2

Known aliases

Understand this compound

What is Thymalin?

Limited human data

An extract of calf thymus — the gland that trains your immune cells — used in Russia since the 1980s to try to restore immune function after illness or radiation.

Immune & thymicLongevity & anti-aging
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Good to know: Most supportive evidence comes from non-blinded Russian-language studies that don't meet Western RCT standards, and independent replication is minimal.

How does Thymalin work?

The science

A polypeptide complex extracted from calf thymus, believed to act via a core dipeptide (Glu-Trp) fragment to restore T-cell-mediated immune function.

Mechanism of action from published research — how the molecule behaves, not a claim about any product or any human-use effect.

What is Thymalin researched for?

Studied for immune restoration after illness, surgery, radiation exposure, and age-related immune decline.

  • Immune & thymicStudied in immune-modulation and thymic-function research.
  • Longevity & anti-agingStudied in aging, cellular-senescence, and mitochondrial-function research.
How far has the research gone?

Limited human data — approved in the former Soviet Union in 1982 and used clinically in Russia, but large independent Western randomized trials are lacking.

Where the science stands — an approved drug is not the same as the research-grade material a vendor sells, which is unregulated regardless.

What should I check before buying?
  • Independent purity. Look for a third-party COA (Janoshik or MZ) showing a measured purity — not just a number the vendor typed.
  • Batch match. The strongest evidence is a certificate for the exact batch you’ll receive, attributed to this vendor — check the cross-verification on the listing.
  • Vendor reputation. See how the vendor is talked about in the community before trusting a new name.

Research context only — VialGrade never gives dosing, medical, or human-use guidance.

Current market

The Thymalin market

Every Thymalin listing we track — 14 in all. The standout picks first where the evidence supports them, then the full table, ranked by what a milligram really costs wherever the vendor published a strength we can read.

Open full market

Compare by real cost

Every Thymalin listing, cheapest per mg first

Sticker prices hide the size, so listings are ranked by what a milligram actually costs — with independently tested purity where it exists. All 14 are here: the last 4 are listings whose vendor never published a strength we can read, so they have no per-mg figure to sort on.

#VendorSizePricePer mgTested purityReal $/active mg
1Peptide Pros50mg total$132$2.63/mg——View
2Simple Peptide20mg total$84$4.20/mg——View
3Biotech Peptides25mg total$114$4.56/mg——View
4Umbrella Labs20mg total$96$4.80/mg——View
5Core Peptides25mg total$138$5.52/mg——View
6Ion Peptide10mg total$59$5.90/mg——View
7Behemoth Labz20mg total$121$6.05/mg——View
8Purerawz20mg total$121$6.07/mg——View
9Behemoth LabzUnavailable50mg total$319$6.38/mg——View
10Purerawz50mg total$322$6.44/mg——View

Open the full Thymalin market

Real $/active mg divides the price-per-mg by the measured purity — the honest cost of the actual peptide, so a 90%-pure vial isn’t compared as if it were 99%. Too cheap? flags a listing far below the market rate — often underdosing or a fake, not a deal. The crown marks the cheapest non-outlier; best value marks the lowest real cost per active mg. A vendor shown as Unavailable or Low stock is priced here but not currently buyable.

What the research says

Scientific evidence & regulatory status

What the published literature actually shows about Thymalin — separate from any vendor’s marketing. Each finding links to its paper. This is education, not medical or dosing advice.

Regulatory status

No FDA-approved drug

Not FDA-approved: in February 2024 FDA warned a US seller that its 'Thymalin' is an unapproved new drug and misbranded, rejecting the 'research use only' labeling. It is a thymus-extract preparation registered as a medicine in Russia but in neither the US nor the EU, and no clinical trials of it appear on ClinicalTrials.gov.

US legal status

Research-use-only — not FDA-approved

Sold “for research use only,” this compound is not FDA-approved for human use and has not been evaluated for safety, purity, or sterility in people. It is generally not a scheduled controlled substance, so buying it as a research chemical is typically not itself a drug crime — but marketing or using it as a drug is not lawful, and it is not a dietary supplement.

Read the full US law →

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