Category Archives: Biological Sciences

Credit: Civica Rx

A Revolution: Non-Profit Drugs

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Daniel Liljenquist, former US Senator and Lead Architect and Board Chair of Civica Rx. Ira Pastor Comments: A generic drug is a pharmaceutical drug that contains the same chemical substance as a drug that was originally protected by chemical patents, and are typically allowed […]

Credit: ICPA

Smart Prisons: Managing and Rehabilitating Prisoners with Psychology, Empathy and Artificial Intelligence

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Ms Pia Puolakka, Project Manager of the Smart Prison Project, under the Criminal Sanctions Agency, within Finland’s Central Administration Unit. Ira Pastor Comments In 2018, according to the World Prison Population List, which gives details of the number of prisoners held in 223 […]

Will Travers, Credit: Born Free Foundation

Born Free: How to Keep Wildlife Wild

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews Will Travers OBE, President of the Born Free Foundation, Born Free USA and Species Survival Network. Ira Pastor Comments The Born Free Foundation is an international wildlife charity that campaigns to “Keep Wildlife in the Wild.” Founded by English actors and wildlife campaigners Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna, […]

Rick Bente, CEO Seventh Sense Biosystems

No More Needles with Seventh Sense Biosystems

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews Rick Bente, MSc, MBA, BS, CEO of Seventh Sense Biosystems. Ira Pastor Comments: Getting blood drawn is not a fun activity for many. It can be scary for some (especially if you have children); it can be painful for others (especially where frequent blood draws are required). […]

Dr. Rachel Ramoni, Credit: US Department of Veteran Affairs

Dr. Rachel Ramoni: Innovation in Healthcare for Veteran

   Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews Dr. Rachel Ramoni, Chief Research and Development Officer at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. Ira Pastor Comments: The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a federal Cabinet-level agency that provides comprehensive healthcare services to military veterans at over 1,000 VA medical centers and […]

Shelley Lyford President and CEO West Health and the Gary and Mary West Foundation

Billionaire Philanthropists Pour US$400 Million into Initiatives to Help the Weak and Vulnerable

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador interviews Shelley Lyford President and Chief Executive Officer of West Health, the Gary and Mary West Foundation, and the West Health Institute. Growth in Population of Weak and Vulnerable According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the world is on the brink of a demographic milestone. Since the […]

Matthew Richardson, historian and primatologist, year 2000

Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Matthew Richardson, Canadian author of “Threatened and Recently-extinct Vertebrates of the World”, primatologist and conservationist. Threatened and Recently-extinct Vertebrates of the World “My forthcoming book, Threatened and Recently-extinct Vertebrates of the World, required me to assess and place some 15,000 species and subspecies within […]

Dr. Patrick Rose Credit: ONR Global

Synthetic Biology Innovations with Dr. Patrick Rose

   Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews Dr. Patrick P. Rose, Science Director for Synthetic Biology at the Office of Naval Research Global, as well as Program Manager, Bioindustrial Manufacturing Innovation Institute at United States Department of Defense. The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) is an organization within the United States Department […]

Dr Alexandre Kalache PhD President International Longevity Centre Brazil

Aging and Longevity in Brazil

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews Dr. Alexandre Kalache, President of the International Longevity Centre-Brazil (ILC-Brazil). Ira Pastor Comments As we continue our virtual road-trip around the globe per the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Age Friendly Cities Global Movement, during the WHO defined “Decade of Healthy Aging”, we are headed down to the southern hemisphere […]

John Kiff, Credit: IMF

Managing Future Longevity Risk at the IMF

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews John Kiff, Senior Financial Sector Expert at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Financial Stability Division in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department. Ira Pastor Comments So on past shows as we’ve been profiling many of the novel products and technologies being developed by industry, by academia, and […]