Biohacking News Weekly Update : 1359
The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance
Dave Asprey
4.6 • 7.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Upgrade your biology in 10 minutes with this week’s rundown from Dave Asprey. This episode breaks down the six biggest stories in biohacking and health tech, from sleep hormones to mitochondrial rejuvenation, giving you the data you need to live longer, think faster, and perform at your peak.
This episode covers:
• The Melatonin Heart Warning Everyone Missed
A major new study from the American Heart Association reveals that long-term melatonin users face nearly twice the risk of heart failure and 3.5 times higher hospitalization rates. Once considered a harmless sleep aid, melatonin’s hormonal effects may disrupt cardiovascular recovery, testosterone, and blood pressure regulation when used nightly. The takeaway: melatonin is a short-term circadian reset tool, not a forever supplement.
Source: American Heart Association — newsroom.heart.org/news/long-term-use-of-melatonin-supplements-to-support-sleep-may-have-negative-health-effects
• Bryan Johnson’s Extreme Microplastics Detox
Biohacker Bryan Johnson shared lab-verified results showing an 85% reduction in microplastics in his semen after one year of daily 200°F dry saunas followed by ice packs on the groin. It’s not peer reviewed yet, but it’ssparking global discussion about environmental toxins, fertility, and detoxification. Whether or not you follow his protocol, this study highlights how widespread microplastics have become and how heat, sweat, and smarter exposure control may help fight back.
Source: New York Post — nypost.com/2025/10/23/health/biohacker-bryan-johnson-got-rid-of-85-of-microplastics-from-his-semen
• Urolithin A: The Mitochondrial Molecule That Strengthens Immunity
A peer-reviewed human trial published in Nature Aging found that four weeks of daily Urolithin A (Mitopure®) supplementation improved immune function in adults aged 45–70, increasing youthful CD8 T-cells, natural killer cells, and mitochondrial performance inside immune cells. By triggering mitophagy, your body’s cleanup process for old mitochondria, Urolithin A enhances energy, resilience, and immune strength. It’s the clearest evidence yet that we can modulate immune aging through mitochondrial renewal.
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Source: BioSpace — biospace.com/press-releases/timeline-continues-to-build-the-most-clinically-researched-longevity-products-targeting-immune-brain-and-muscle-aging
• Google’s New AI Model That “Talks” to Cells
Google DeepMind and Yale launched Cell2Sentence-Scale, an open-source AI model that lets scientists query cellular pathways in natural language. The system can predict how cells transition from healthy to cancerous states and identify molecular switches that might reverse those changes. It’s compressing years of biology into days and democratizing research for small labs and independent scientists alike. Isn’t AI a beautiful thing?
Source: Google DeepMind — blog.google/technology/ai/google-gemma-ai-cancer-therapy-discovery
• Omega-3s Calm the Brain and the Temper
A massive new meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials shows omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA) reduce aggression by up to 28%. That includes both reactive anger and planned aggression. By lowering neuroinflammation and stabilizing cell membranes, omega-3s appear to balance dopamine and serotonin, proving that healthy fats aren’t just heart food, they’re emotional regulators too.
Source: Science Alert — sciencealert.com/one-dietary-supplement-was-shown-to-reduce-aggression-by-up-to-28
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Finally Gets a Biomarker
For the first time, researchers have developed a blood test that accurately identifies chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) using DNA methylation and micro-RNA expression patterns. This breakthrough distinguishes CFS from other autoimmune and viral conditions, marking a turning point for millions of patients long dismissed by traditional medicine. It’s proof that data-driven diagnostics can transform how we understand mystery illnesses.
Source: Science Daily — sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251102205021.htm
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Keywords: melatonin heart risk, sleep hormones, microplastics detox, Bryan Johnson, Urolithin A, mitophagy, mitochondrial health, immune aging, DeepMind AI, cellular modeling, omega-3 aggression, neuroinflammation, chronic fatigue biomarker, ME/CFS test, biohacking news, longevity research
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Timestamps:
0:00 — Intro
0:18 — Story 1: Melatonin & Heart Health
1:58 — Story 2: Microplastics Detox
3:39 — Story 3: Urolithin A & Immune Function
5:19 — Story 4: AI Cell Model
6:57 — Story 5: Omega-3 & Aggression
8:43 — Story 6: CFS Blood Test
9:59 — Weekly Upgrade Protocol
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Dave Asprey. That's Dave Spell D-A-I-V-E. And this is your 10-minute weekly upgrade on the biggest stories in biohacking, longevity, and the world of health. Let's go. |
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| 1:17.8 | Here's your first story of the week, and it's a wake-up call for anyone who uses melatonin long-term. |
| 1:23.6 | A major new study presented at the American Heart Association's scientific sessions this month found that adults with chronic insomnia who took melatonin for over a year were almost twice as |
| 1:29.9 | likely to develop heart failure and three and a half times more likely to be hospitalized. |
| 1:35.7 | Even all-cause mortality rates nearly doubled, and that's after adjusting for age, activity, |
| 1:42.2 | and other health factors. Now, melatonin has been treated like a totally |
| 1:46.9 | safe, natural sleep hack for decades, but it's not a harmless vitamin. It's a hormone, and |
| 1:53.8 | your body's circadian rhythm runs on tight hormonal timing. When you flood it every night with |
| 2:00.4 | external melatonin, you can suppress other |
| 2:03.1 | hormones downstream like LH and FSH, which affect testosterone, fertility, and even thyroid |
| 2:11.0 | signaling. Long term, that could also alter blood pressure regulation and cardiovascular |
| 2:16.6 | recovery during sleep, which helps explain |
| 2:19.6 | this new link to heart failure. This doesn't mean melatonin is bad, it means context matters. |
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