Editorial policy
Our Editorial Promise: How Every ProGrade Article Gets Made
Last updated November 2026
Last reviewed: November 4, 2026. This policy is owned by the ProGrade Research Desk.
You're trusting us with facts about lab compounds. You deserve to know who wrote them, how we checked them and where a machine helped. Here's the whole process.
On this page:
- Who writes and reviews our articles
- The five steps each article passes
- How we stay honest when we sell what we write about
Who writes our articles?
Articles carry the byline The ProGrade Research Desk. That's our editorial team, not one person.
We don't name individual reviewers yet. When an outside expert, such as a scientist or an attorney, reviews an article, we'll name them on that article.
We never list a credential we can't document.
What do we publish, and what won't we?
We publish lab education: what a compound is, what research found, and how it's tested, stored and regulated. We won't publish:
- Dosing, injection or how-to-use steps for people or animals
- Disease claims or promises of health outcomes
- Before-and-after stories, personal-use testimonials or "results" claims
- Rankings that call a named competitor "best"
How does an article get made?
Think of it as a lab protocol. Each step is a gate, and no draft skips one.
Step 1: Research
Each article starts from a research question, not a sales goal. Our sourcing policy sets the order: regulators, then peer-reviewed studies, then labeled preprints. Sourcing and citation policy
Each reference is a source we opened and read. A source we couldn't open is flagged, and it can't back a claim until checked.
Step 2: Drafting, with AI help
We use AI to help draft. First drafts of many articles come from a large language model, currently Claude, by Anthropic.
- The model works from a brief with our compliance rules and sources.
- In Step 3, each number, date, finding and legal status is checked against its source.
- Anything we can't verify is flagged, then confirmed or cut. It's never published as-is.
- The model never writes reviewer names, credentials, lab results or COA data. Those come only from our records.
Every article says at the foot of the page that it was drafted with AI assistance.
Step 3: Fact-check
Before publishing, the draft is checked line by line:
- Each claim has a citation, and the citation says what we say it does.
- Animal and cell findings are labeled ("in rat models," "in cultured cells").
- Human data names the trial type and size: "a phase 2 trial," plus how many people took part.
- Legal and regulatory statements carry the date we checked them.
- Product facts, like purity and lot numbers, match the current COA (certificate of analysis), the lab report for that batch.
Step 4: Compliance gate
A compliance check blocks:
- Banned claims: disease and outcome claims, approval claims that aren't literally true, promised results, human-use safety claims, and grade labels we don't use
- Missing research-use and FDA disclaimers
- Broken or unverified links
A draft that fails goes back for rework. No exceptions.
Step 5: Review and sign-off
The ProGrade Research Desk reads the final version before it goes live. The publish date, and for regulatory topics the date we last checked the facts, appear on the article. Topics with legal risk wait for outside legal review before we publish them.
How do we keep pages current?
| Page type | How often we re-check it |
|---|---|
| Regulatory and legal status | When FDA, HHS or the courts act, with a dated "last checked" line |
| Compound research guides | When major research comes out |
| Quality and testing guides | When our testing process changes |
| Tools and calculators | When the method or units change |
Each update changes the page's "last updated" date. Each fixed error gets a dated correction note. Corrections policy
We sell what we write about. How do we stay honest?
We write about compounds we sell. That's a commercial interest, and we disclose it here.
Our promise: We report negative, null and limited findings as plainly as positive ones.
We never take payment, free product or perks for coverage or citations.
FAQ
Do you use AI to write articles?
Yes, to help draft. Each claim is checked against its source, and the article says AI helped.
Who checks the science?
Each draft is fact-checked against the sources it cites before it goes live. When an outside expert reviews an article, we name them on it.
Do companies pay you to mention them?
No. We don't accept money, product or perks for coverage or citations.
How do I report a mistake?
See our corrections policy. Each real correction is noted on the page, with the date.
Your next step
Want to see how we rank sources? Read our sourcing and citation policy. Questions? Contact us.
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