No such thing as too basic. If you've been sitting on a question because it seems obvious, this is the place. I'll answer what I can and others will fill in the rest.
why are some named after numbers and some arent?
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Mostly historical accident. Numbers usually come from a lab or company development code that stuck. There's no system.
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how do you pronounce lyophilized, ive only ever read it?
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Roughly lie-OFF-i-lized. Most people writing about this have only ever read it too.
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ok good, felt like everyone else knew
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lie-OFF-i-lized lol ive been saying it wrong for a year
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why is everything in mg when the amounts are so small?
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Convention, and vial contents genuinely are in the mg range even when the draw isn't. Labeling follows the vial.
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why is it called bac water and not bacteriostatic water?
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whats the difference between a fragment and an analog?
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Fragment is a piece of the original sequence. Analog is modified to change a property like stability or selectivity. TB-500 is a fragment. Semaglutide is an analog.
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do vials expire unopened?
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is a 1ml syringe the same as a u100 one?
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this thread is great keep it going
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does anyone actually say GHK-Cu out loud or is it always written?
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