PEP/NEWS — Peptide intel. Daily. https://pep.news/ Daily peptide research news, clinical trial readouts, and video briefings — curated from research outlets and physician-researchers, not from pharma marketing. en-us 2026-05-06T23:18:53.497Z Eleventy + Claude Sonnet 4.6 DARK PROTEOME MAPPED: THOUSANDS OF MINI-PROTEINS FOUND — INCLUDING CANCER-SPECIFIC TARGETS... https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/06/dark-proteins-cancer-immunotherapy-targets-proteomics-news/ International team identifies thousands of previously unknown mini-proteins, some unique to cancer cells and involved in DNA repair. 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