Category Archives: Biotech

Matthew Robert, Chief Scientific Officer, ChromaDex interviewed by Ira Pastor

Degeneration to New Life: Restoring and Repairing Homeostasis

Ira Pastor, ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Matthew Roberts PhD, MBA, Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President of ChromaDex. They discuss new innovative research into the restoration and repair of metabolic homeostasis. Ira Pastor comments: There has been quite a bit of activity over the past few years in […]

Doris A Taylor

How to Build a New Heart: Off the Shelf Replacement Organs in the Future?

Ira Pastor, ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Doris A. Taylor Director Texas Heart Institute. Ira Pastor comments: For the last few months we’ve been profiling many cutting edge bio-molecular technologies in the pipeline and moving us into a 21st century curative model. These breakthroughs promise to have a major impact […]

Professor George Church

Genius of Genetics: Talks Gene Therapies, Synthetic Organisms and Life Beyond Earth!

Ira Pastor, ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews George Church, “Father of synthetic biology” Professor Harvard Medical Center and MIT, founder Personal Genomes and co-founder of eGenesis and Editas. “I grew up without any scientists in my life” Professor George Church, comments in his ideaXme interview. Pioneer in the field of […]

Courageous Ideas and Breakthrough Science: A Revolutionary Impact on Human Health

Courageous Ideas and Breakthrough Science: A Revolutionary Impact on Human Health

Ira Pastor, ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Gerald Pollack, Professor Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle. Life is water: Breakthrough Science Ira Pastor comments: On the last few shows, we have spent time on the different hierarchical levels of the biologic-architecture of the life and aging process. We’ve talked about the […]

Studying evolution to banish ageing. A new frontier in gerontological drug development

Studying Evolution to Banish Aging. A New Frontier in Gerontological Drug Development

Ira Pastor, ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Michael Rose, Distinguished Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California, Irvine and founder and Chief Scientist Lyceum Pharmaceuticals. How to banish aging “I would say that individuals born in the second half of the 21 century could live for centuries in quite good health.” Professor […]

This is grown!

This Is Grown!

Learning from scientists to create a sustainable material from bacteria Maeve Millwood, ideaXme rising fashion ambassador, interviews Jen Keane, designer and researcher who has just graduated from the Material Futures MA at Central St Martins. Coming from a sports design background, her work looks at how new digital, material and biological technologies could change our approach […]

Raising the dead: Regenerating

Raising the Dead: Regenerating, Reawakening and Repairing the Human Body!

  Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme, interviews Ira Pastor, founder of Bioquark, US based biotech company. Recently, Bioquark, announced its involvement in a ground breaking trial to see if it is possible to regenerate the brains of dead people. ideaXme interviews Ira Pastor to find out more. Andrea Macdonald: [00:05:40] It’s so lovely to meet […]

Shu J Lam the superbug slayer!

Shu J Lam the Superbug Slayer!

  Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme, interviews Shu J Lam, PhD student in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at The University of Melbourne, Australia who is a warrior in the science world. She has recently developed a new class of antimicrobial agent, a star shaped polymer. The unique architecture of this molecule is thought to have […]