Scientists are continuously pursuing ways to lengthen the human lifespan, and blockchain might have been a missing part of the puzzle. The Longevity Science Foundation, a Swiss entity launched by a consortium of biotech founders, clinicians and leading longevity research institutions, aims to spend more than $1 billion over the next 10 years to find tech-based means to achieve a 120-year human lifespan. The foundation seeks to fund research, institutions and projects that use blockchain and other next-gen technologies to find new horizons in four critical areas of the field; namely, therapeutics, personalized medicine, artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive diagnostics. …

In the past 60 years, the life expectancy of the average newborn has increased by nearly 20 years — from 52.5 to 72, as of 2018. We’ve seen an incredible wave of technological innovation in this time: The introduction of the internet, medical breakthroughs and an enhanced understanding of public health initiatives have transformed the course of human life. And with new technologies like blockchain and artificial intelligence now taking the stage, we know that even more radical transformation is coming. These disruptive technologies are paving the way for both longer and healthier lifespans. To show you just how much …

A medical ecosystem has revealed how it is shaking up the way patients are treated — all while ensuring that healthcare data is used to its full potential. Speaking in an ask-me-anything session with Cointelegraph, Aimedis said that its cutting-edge ecosystem is designed to benefit everyone. Based on the blockchain, it aims to bring together a range of e-health applications — including prescriptions, medical records, video chats, appointments and second opinions — all while allowing patients to connect the smart watches that store their data. Aimedis also plans to turn anonymized medical data into NFTs. This can then be purchased …

Shidan Gouran of Gulf Pearl: Shidan is a co-founder of Gulf Pearl, a Canadian merchant bank and advisory firm with a focus on emerging technologies. “With respect to blockchain technology, the ability to easily move wealth from one country to another and to prevent seizure of assets due to belonging to a particular religious, political, social or ethnic group is a very powerful feature that public blockchains can enable. All truly democratic countries should implement safeguard measures against the potential of a tyrannical government formation because no system is perfect. I believe digital bearer instruments enabled by blockchains are one …

In the 19th century, the barons of American industries rose to prominence by leveraging their hold on tangible resources like oil and steel. Today, corporate titans seek to attain even greater heights of wealth by gathering consumer data. But now, like then, the benefits of accumulating such resources come paired with a significant business risk: spillage. Like oil spills, data leaks — regardless of whether they occur accidentally or as a result of hacker interference — can cause companies and consumers significant financial, legal and political harm. Consider the fallout at Facebook earlier this year. In April, the phone numbers, …

A blockchain-based platform that’s focused on the healthcare sector is developing a brand-new feature designed to ramp up security even further. Radiologex — which already offers built-in Know Your Customer checks and password-free biometric verification — is planning to unveil Authlogex for added blockchain security. The startup enables patient files to become truly interoperable and available anywhere in real time. But rather than have users send documents and trust they have been received, Authlogex is designed to follow the communication trail from start to finish — ensuring that sensitive information is accessed by the right people. Permission to view documentation …

As mass vaccination programs against COVID-19 become increasingly critical to many governments' strategies for pandemic management, blockchain firms are acting fast to propose ways in which the technology could offer solutions to some of the logistical hurdles involved. Blockchain company StaTwig — a graduate of the UNICEF Innovation Fund — was already trialing its blockchain-based solution VaccineLedger in 2019, in both India and the United States. Fast forward to 2021 and the global vaccination drive against COVI-19, the company has now partnered with Indian IT giant Tech Mahindra to roll out the solution worldwide. VaccineLedger is focused on improving the …

The Republic of San Marino has approved VeChain’s NFT-based vaccination passport, which is reportedly verifiable worldwide. The small European nation with a population of just over 33,000 announced the approval of the 'Decree-Law No. 109 of 16 June' earlier today, which enables the rollout of a vaccination passport dubbed the “San Marino Digital Covid Certificate.” The partnership includes collaboration with DNV — which will provide digital assurance over the project. The vaccination passport contains a record of past infections, negative test results, and also provides a digital vaccination certificate. The digital vaccination certificate is issued upon request from approved facilities …

The Chinese University of Hong Kong has partnered with Ethereum developer ConsenSys to launch the Medoxie COVID-19 Digital Health Passport. Blockchain-based, this new product could help healthcare workers combat the pandemic. The passport utilizes blockchain technology to record a patient’s COVID-19-related events — including test results, temperature checks and vaccinations — to provide a safe pathway to full economic reopening post-pandemic. Information held on the passport is said to be stored securely and privately. Initially, the digital passport will be accessed by medical professionals and academics within Hong Kong’s healthcare industry, paving the way for a new mobile app that …

Enterprise blockchain VeChain, in partnership with Shanghai’s Renji Hospital, has announced the launch of a smart medical care project dubbed “MyBaby” — a blockchain-based In-Vitro fertilization (IVF) service application. The project also includes collaboration with Vechain partner DNV — with the latter working with VeChain to provide supply chain governance along with product and digital assurance for the project. Vechain, a supply-chain management and smart contract platform said in a post that MyBaby is the “first service” to combine third-party IVF data with blockchain technology: “The cryptographically secured properties of blockchain technology create a secure and reliable environment and enhance …

A blockchain-powered platform is vowing to tackle some of the biggest problems facing global healthcare right now — with the long-running coronavirus pandemic exposing some of the inefficiencies and fatal flaws that exist within this system. Radiologex says R-DEE streamlines communication, collaboration and data transmission, meaning patient files become truly interoperable and available anywhere in real time. This is a stark contrast to fax machines and couriers that hard-pressed medical facilities currently depend upon. But beyond providing unmatched security and unrivaled speed, the project’s founders also say that they are determined to eradicate manual documentation errors that can have a …

The cryptocurrency community has donated over $2.2 million to help India battle a resurgence in COVID-19 cases that has gripped the South Asian country over the past month. Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal established the COVID-19 relief fund to get more food, vaccines and medicine to those in need. On Saturday, Nailwal called on his Twitter followers to chip in by donating tokens to a multi-sig ERC-20 address. “Can’t take this sitting down anymore, I am going to run a Covid relief campaign in lieu of what’s going on in India,” Nailwal said. “Need help from the Global crypto community.” Can't …