Category Archives: Biological Sciences

Human Longevity via Preventative Medicine

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Wei-Wu He, Ph.D, Executive Chairman of Human Longevity Inc (HLI). Ira Pastor comments: The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) calls chronic degenerative disease “the public health challenge of the 21st Century,” especially as 75% of our healthcare spending is on people with chronic […]

Dr Thupten Jinpa, founder of Compassion Institute

Compassion, Spirituality and Human Longevity

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D. the Founder and Chairman of Compassion Institute, and the principal author of Compassion Cultivation Training. Ira Pastor comments: “Compassion” is broadly defined as sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others, involves allowing ourselves to be both […]

Naveen Jain, founder of Viome an app to optimise gut health and nutrition

Personalised Nutrition App to Optimise Gut Health and Overall Wellness

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews, Naveen Jain, M.B.A, BS, Founder and CEO at Viome as well as founder of several companies including Moon Express, Viome, Bluedot, TalentWise, Intelius and InfoSpace. Optimising Wellness via Nutrition Ira Pastor comments: On this ideaXme episode, we are going to head back towards the […]

Dr Marcus Remmers talks of holistic health

Dr. Marcus Remmers talks of Holistic Nutrition and Health

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews, Dr. Marcus Remmers, PhD, Chief Technology Officer at DSM. Ira Pastor comments: As we continue upon our core themes of health, wellness, and longevity, amongst the unique aging demographic shifts occurring in the coming decades, we can’t overlook the importance of the global chemicals […]

Dr. Andrei Gudkov pre-eminent cancer researcher

Longevity Research for Humans and Dogs

  Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Andrei Gudkov, PhD, DSci, pre-eminent cancer researcher who serves as Senior Vice President, Research Technology and Innovation, Chair of the Department of Cell Stress Biology, and a member of the senior leadership team for National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Center Support Grant at […]

Dr. Eric Van Gieson Program Manager DARPA

DARPA – Emerging military innovations to benefit humanity

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Eric Van Gieson, Program Manager in the Biological Technologies Office (BTO) at DARPA. Ira Pastor comments: On several recent ideaXme episodes, we have spent time on different topics pertaining to human health, disease, degeneration and aging, focused on a variety of therapeutic and preventative […]

Dr Sneh Khemka thought leader, VHealth Virtual Population Healthcare

Virtual Health with Dr. Sneh Khemka

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr Sneh Khemka, thought leader in Virtual Population Healthcare. Ira Pastor comments: Population Health is a discipline that helps governments and large organizations manage the health of their populations better, primarily through infrastructure development (major IT systems), clinical data analytics, health & disease management, and […]

Dr. Christine Moutier Chief Medical Officer American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Dr. Christine Moutier talks of Suicide Prevention, Building Mental Resilience and Mental Health Awareness

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Christine Moutier, MD, Chief Medical Officer, at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Ira Pastor comments: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), close to 800,000 people die due to suicide every year, which is one person every 40 seconds. Suicide is a […]

Tom Lawry Microsoft AI For Good in healthcare Credit: Microsoft

Tom Lawry Talks of Machine Learning and Microsoft AI For Good in Healthcare

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Tom Lawry, National Director for Artificial Intelligence – Health & Life Sciences at Microsoft. Ira Pastor comments: A set of tools that we have been hearing quite a bit about (and discussed a bit on the show) in recent years is the triad of […]

Credit: Dan Mapes

Optimising the Everyday with The Spatial Web

Amanda Christensen, ideaXme guest contributor, fake news and deep fake researcher and Marketing Manager at Cubaka, interviews Dan Mapes, co-founder of VERSES.io and co-author of The Spatial Web: How Web 3.0 Will Connect Humans, Machines, and AI to Transform the World. Amanda Christensen comments: We’ve come a long way since the invention of the internet, and even […]