10 Minute Weekly Biohacking Update

Dave Asprey

Oct 17, 2025

Episode description

Upgrade your biology in 10 minutes with this week’s rundown from Dave Asprey. T

This episode covers:

• Longevity Scores Are Going Mainstream

Elegant Hoopoe’s new clinics are using 56 biomarkers to track biological aging — and early users are reporting up to six years reversed in under two months. Could scoring systems replace reactive healthcare?

Source: Morningstar via PR Newswire — https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20251014ln95054

• AI Heart Scans Spot Trouble Sooner

Hospitals are using machine learning to analyze echocardiograms in real time — making heart diagnostics faster, cheaper, and more accurate, even without top specialists on site.

Source: Crescendo.AI News — https://www.crescendo.ai/news/latest-ai-news-and-updates

• Brain Training That Rebuilds Neurotransmitters

McGill’s INHANCE trial shows that 10 weeks of digital training on BrainHQ doesn’t just improve memory — it chemically rejuvenates acetylcholine pathways. That’s measurable neuroplasticity.

Source: Longevity.Technology — https://longevity.technology/news/brain-training-restores-youth-to-aging-minds/

• HLTH 2025 Unveils Digital Twins & Real-Time Immune Wearables

This year’s HLTH conference put bio-individuality front and center: AI twins that simulate your biology, hormone-tracking wearables, and apps syncing with EMRs to turn raw data into real decisions.

Source: HLTH Official — https://hlth.com/2025event

• One Blood Test, Many Diagnoses

New multi-panel tests rolling out in clinics screen for dozens of diseases from a single draw — boosting compliance, streamlining early detection, and making full-spectrum testing routine.

Source: Instagram Science Updates — https://www.instagram.com/p/DP0oGGTiiT5/

This is essential listening for fans of biohacking, hacking human performance, functional medicine, and longevity who want actionable tools from Host Dave Asprey and a guest who embodies what it means to age with energy, clarity, and vitality.

Dave Asprey is a four-time New York Times bestselling author, founder of Bulletproof Coffee, and the father of biohacking. With over 1,000 interviews and 1 million monthly listeners, The Human Upgrade brings you the knowledge to take control of your biology, extend your longevity, and optimize every system in your body and mind. Each episode delivers cutting-edge insights in health, performance, neuroscience, supplements, nutrition, biohacking, emotional intelligence, and conscious living.

New episodes are released every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday (BONUS). Dave asks the questions no one else will and gives you real tools to become stronger, smarter, and more resilient.

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Mindsip insights from this episode:

Utilize digital twins to predict health outcomes

Startups are building 'digital twins,' which are virtual models of your biology used to simulate how your body would respond to a drug or workout before you try it.

#AI

#testing

Utilize four light wavelengths for comprehensive light therapy

EMR Tech's Krypton UV line is a light therapy system that combines red, near-infrared, UVA, and UVB light all in one device.

#device

#light-therapy

Leverage AI algorithms for early heart failure detection

Hospitals like Cedars-Sinai and Mayo Clinic are already using AI algorithms to read heart ultrasounds, leading to earlier detection of heart failure.

#AI

#heart

Boost REM sleep with Kill Switch supplement in three days

The Kill Switch supplement, a sugar-free hot cocoa drink, claims to more than double users' REM sleep in only three days.

#REM

#supplement

Rewire brain chemistry with cognitive training using BrainHQ app

A McGill University study found the BrainHQ app physically increases acetylcholine receptor density, proving cognitive training can rewire the brain's chemical systems.

#cognition

#device

Reverse biological age by tracking 56 biomarkers

A new longevity score from Elegant Hoopoo, which tracks 56 biomarkers, claims some early users have reduced their biological age by up to six years in two months.

#biological-age

#longevity

Utilize single-vial blood test to screen multiple health risks

Health systems are now piloting a single-vial blood test that screens for multiple cancer risk signals, metabolic dysfunction, and hormone balance from one draw.