Liver Cancer’s Hidden Engine: How Tumors Hijack Mitochondria to Survive, Spread, and Resist Therapy
Liver cancer (especially HCC) isn’t just uncontrolled growth, it’s mitochondrial adaptation. This Deep Dive breaks down how tumors repurpose mitochondrial defects (impaired OXPHOS, ROS imbalance, mtDN...
14 Apr 22min
Cancer Isn’t Just Genetic — It’s Mitochondrial Network Warfare (Fission, Fusion, Metastasis + Drug Resistance)
In this Energy Code Deep Dive, Dr. Mike breaks down a major shift in cancer biology: mitochondria aren’t static “powerhouses”, they’re a dynamic network that tumors actively remodel to drive survival....
13 Apr 22min
Can We “Replace” Broken Mitochondria in the Lungs? The Future of Regenerative Pulmonary Medicine
In this Energy Code Deep Dive, Dr. Mike explores a frontier idea in regenerative medicine: mitochondrial transplantation — the transfer of viable mitochondria into injured tissue to restore bioenerget...
11 Apr 23min
Metformin for Vision Longevity? The Mitochondria–Oxidative Stress Link in AMD (Systematic Review)
This Deep Dive breaks down a 2015 – late 2025 systematic review asking a modern longevity question: could metformin — best known as a first-line type 2 diabetes drug — help preserve vision by protecti...
10 Apr 21min
Osteoarthritis Isn’t “Wear & Tear” — It’s a Mitochondrial Breakdown (And That Changes Everything)
What if osteoarthritis isn’t primarily a “wear and tear” problem, but a mitochondrial problem inside living joint tissue? In this episode, Dr. Mike Belkowski connects five distinct (but converging) st...
9 Apr 33min
Resveratrol’s “Upgrade”? Resveratrone Might Be a Next-Gen Skin Longevity Molecule
This Deep Dive introduces resveratrone, a newly described compound created via photoconversion of resveratrol. The paper’s core argument is that resveratrone is structurally distinct enough to behave ...
8 Apr 17min
Photoaging is a Bioenergetic Problem: How Wrinkles via Sunlight Are Mitochondrial Damage Made Visible
This Deep Dive breaks photoaging out of the “cosmetic” category and reframes it as a systems-level loss of cellular resilience driven by ultraviolet exposure and mitochondrial stress. UVA and UVB crea...
7 Apr 22min
AMD Starts in the Mitochondria: The Hidden Quality-Control Failure Driving Retinal Aging
This Deep Dive reframes age-related macular degeneration (AMD) as more than “aging eyes” or vascular/inflammatory drift. The core argument: AMD may be a mitochondrial quality-control disease, especial...
6 Apr 20min
