Category Archives: Biological Sciences

Dr. Lorna Harries's Team, Credit: University of Exeter

RNA – Essential For All Human Life: Therapies

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Lorna Harries, Professor of Molecular Genetics at University of Exeter Medical School. Ira Pastor comments: Today as we continue our discussions on ideaXme pertaining to the biological hierarchy of life, we are going to journey into what I refer to as the “metabolic […]

David Fajgenbaum for Wharton Magazine, Credit David Fajgenbaum

Could Millions Benefit from Dr. Fajgenbaum’s Self Cure?

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. David Fajgenbaum, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Translational Medicine & Human Genetics at the University of Pennsylvania, Associate Director, Patient Impact of the Penn Orphan Disease Center, Founding Director of the Castleman Disease Center, and Co-Founder & Executive Director of […]

Micronations: Flexibility to Innovate?

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Alan Seid, presidential candidate for The Republic of Palau. Microstates Today on ideaXme we are going to talk about the topics of micro-states, island nations, and innovation. A microstate, or mini-state, is a sovereign state having a very small population or very small land […]

Dr. Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim, Credit: Dr. Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim

Global Sustainability and Biodiversity

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim, biodiversity scientist and former President of Mauritius 2015-2018. Ira Pastor comments: Today, we are going to touch on several themes from recent shows (including natural products, bio-diversity, conservation, innovation, Africa, island nations, and micro-nations) and bring them together for what is […]

Dr. Kinoshita, Credit Osaka University

Blood for Everyone!

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Manabu Kinoshita, Associate Professor of Immunology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, at the National Defense Medical College in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan. Blood Transfusions Today the ideaXme show is going to travel around the world to Japan, to discuss the topic of artificial blood […]

Daniel Addario

Dan Addario, Drug War Veteran: History And Ideas On How To fight Today’s War on Drugs

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Daniel Addario, former Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. Drug Abuse On a few previous shows we touched on the global problem of drug abuse (of both legal and illegal drugs) primarily looking at the problem from a therapeutic perspective, […]

Dr. Wise Young, Credit: Rutgers University

A Breakthrough in Spinal Cord Injury Treatment with Dr. Wise Young

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Wise Young M.D., Ph.D., the Richard H. Shindell Chair in Neuroscience, Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology & Neuroscience and the Founding Director of the W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers University. Spinal Cord Injury A spinal cord injury (SCI) is […]

Dr. Virginia Byers Kraus, Credit: Duke University

In Search of the Holy Grail for Arthritis

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Virginia Byers Kraus, Professor of Medicine, Pathology, and Orthopaedic Surgery, and a faculty member of the Duke Molecular Physiology Institute in the Duke University School of Medicine. Ira Pastor comments:  On the last several shows, we have spent time on different hierarchical levels […]

Dr. Josh Mitteldorf, credits: Dr. Josh Mitteldorf

The DataBETA project, and Aging Interventions: Dr. Josh Mitteldorf

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews evolutionary biologist, researcher and author Dr. Josh Mitteldorf. Ira Pastor comments: On the last couple of shows we’ve been spending a lot of time on the different hierarchical levels of the aging processes, talking about the genome, the microbiome, tissue engineering, systems biology, and […]

Dr. William Pruett with mentor Robert Hester, credit University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Virtual Physiological Humans For Virtual Clinical Studies

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. William Pruett, from the Physiology and Biophysics Department of the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Ira Pastor comments: The year is now 2019, and we have surpassed $7 trillion in total annual healthcare expenditures around the globe. As part of that $7 trillion, […]