Category Archives: STEM

Dr. Per Borghammer, Photo credits: Claus Sjoedin

Parkinson’s Disease: Bridging the Enteric and Central Nervous System

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Per Borghammer, Clinical Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine, Nuclear Medicine and the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Center at Aarhus University in Denmark. Ira Pastor comments: On past shows, we have touched on the topic of systems biology, a field of study […]

Dr. Kelly Drew, Credit: University of Alaska

Human Hibernation Via Biotech

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Professor Dr. Kelly Drew from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF).  Ira Pastor comments: Today we are going to move into a fascinating area of biology that has potential applications across various domains of human […]

Dr. Denis Faustman, Credit: Massachusetts General Hospital

Vaccine For Diabetes, Auto-Immune Diseases and Cancer?

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Denise Faustman, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard University and Director of the Immunobiology Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital. Ira Pastor comments: Over the last several shows we have spent time on different hierarchical levels regarding the biological architecture of the life and […]

Prof. Dr. Deborah Gumucio, Credit: University of Michigan

Exploring the Beginning of Life with Dr. Gumucio

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Prof. Dr. Deborah Gumucio, Professor Emerita, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Medical School. Ira Pastor comments: On today’s show we are going to delve into the area of ontogenesis. Ontogenesis is the development of an individual organism, or anatomical or behavioral feature, […]

Dr. Luis Garza, Credit: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Limb Regeneration, Wound Healing, and Skin Biology

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Luis Garza, MD-PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.  Ira Pastor comments: On the last several shows we have spent time on different hierarchical levels of the biologic architecture of the life, disease and aging processes. We’ve spent some […]

Robin Farmanfarmaian Credit: DLD Germany

Robin Farmanfarmaian’s Mission: Empower Healthcare Consumers

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Robin Farmanfarmaian, medical futurist, bestselling author, professional speaker, and CEO and Co-Founder of ArO. Ira Pastor comments: In 2019, we are spending over $7 trillion around the globe on healthcare. $1 trillion goes to pharmaceutical products, $350 billion to medical devices, $200 billion new […]

Fionn Ferreira with Internet Pioneer Vint Cerf

Google Science Fair Winner Fionn Ferreira

Dr. Richard W. Smith (PhD), ideaXme World Oceans ambassador and Oceanographer at Global Aquatic Research, interviews 18 year old scientist Fionn Ferreira, winner of the 2019 Google Science Fair. Fionn Ferreira Fionn Ferreira recently received the award for developing a method for removing plastics from water. Whilst this represents a breakthrough in the established scientific […]

Bioethics: What Does It Mean For Scientists, Clinicians, and Patients?

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. David Magnus, the Thomas A. Raffin Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Ethics, and Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University, where he directs the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics.  Ira Pastor comments:  On several recent shows we have spent time on different topics pertaining […]

Dr. Ruth Itzhaki

Exploring the Viral Causes of Alzheimer’s

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Professor Ruth Itzhaki, Emeritus Professor, Division of Neuroscience & Experimental Psychology at The University of Manchester. Ira Pastor comments: The last several shows we have spent time on different hierarchical levels of the biologic-architecture of the life and aging process. We’ve spent some time […]

The HEAVEN Project

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Sergio Canavero, neurosurgeon and Founder of the HEAVEN project (Head Anastomosis Venture). Ira Pastor comments: On the last several shows we have spent time talking to many people working on the “cutting edge” as it pertains to the emerging therapeutic and preventative interventions […]