MitoQ, SS-31, Mitophagy, and Mito-Transplants: The Future of SCI Repair
Spinal cord injury is usually framed as a permanent structural problem — axons torn, connections lost, paralysis inevitable. This Deep Dive flips that assumption: the real long-term roadblock may be a...
28 Touko 22min
Nature’s Mitochondrial Assassins: The Ocean-to-Garden Blueprint for Killing Cancer
What if the next leap in cancer therapy doesn’t come from a billion-dollar lab — but from sea sponges, brown seaweed, fungi, and everyday plants? In this Deep Dive, Dr. Mike and Don unpack a 2025 revi...
22 Touko 26min
Mitophagy: The Cellular Cleanup System That Decides Aging, Heart Disease, and Vision Loss
Mitophagy sounds technical — until you realize it may be one of the most important biological processes behind aging, cardiovascular disease, eye degeneration, inflammation, and cellular energy. In th...
21 Touko 56min
Photobiomodulation vs. Fracture Pain: The Meta-Analysis That Changes Trauma Care
What if a fractured wrist didn’t automatically mean weeks of brutal pain — and a medicine cabinet full of NSAIDs or opioids? In this Deep Dive, Dr. Mike and Don break down a 2026 systematic review and...
20 Touko 27min
GLP-1 Drugs Don’t Just Kill Appetite — They Rebuild a 20-Nanometer ‘Power Cable’ Inside Your Cells
Most people think “metabolic treatment” means fewer cravings and a changing number on the scale. This Deep Dive goes microscopic — into the ER–mitochondria contact sites (mito-ERCS) where metabolic dy...
15 Touko 7min
Mitohormesis & The Goldilocks Zone of Longevity
This episode of The Energy Code reframes mitochondria from “powerhouses” into master environmental sensors — and explains why mild cellular stress can be the very signal that upgrades your biology. Dr...
14 Touko 1h 2min
C60 vs. Sepsis: The Nanomaterial That Shielded Liver, Heart, and Brain
Sepsis is deadly on its own — but in diabetes, the baseline oxidative stress turns it into a full-blown organ-killing fire. In this Deep Dive, Dr. Mike and Don unpack a new study where water-soluble, ...
13 Touko 7min
Your Mitochondria Have a Self-Destruct Button (Here’s the “Death Finger” That Pulls It)
Mitochondria aren’t just your cell’s power plants — they may also contain a built-in kill switch. In this Deep Dive, Dr. Mike unpacks a 2026 Annual Review of Biophysics paper arguing that ATP synthase...
12 Touko 7min
