Bitcoin Funds Scientist's Cancer Research Project
The bitcoin community is notoriously generous, and donations to cancer research are no exception. Isaac Yonemoto, a PhD scientist in chemistry and biophysics, is trying to raise money to complete work on a promising cancer fighting compound called 9DS in an initiative called Project Marilyn. Yonemoto told CoinDesk: "I'm raising money to finish preclinical experiments on the anticancer compound 9DS. Research on this compound has been abandoned twice, so third time's the charm." Although it is still in the preclinical stage, according to the Project Marilyn website, 9DS has potential as an....
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The American Cancer Society and The Giving Block have created a new research fund that accepts crypto donations. In collaboration with crypto donations company The Giving Block, the American Cancer Society has set up the Cancer Crypto Fund, which seeks to raise at least $1 million by early 2021 to fund ongoing research initiatives. Donations to fund cancer research plunged 50% in 2020, reaching the lowest this century, according to the American Cancer Society. The sharp drop-off was attributed to the economic impact of COVID-19. According to the American Cancer Society:“The crypto....
Dr. Isaac Yonemoto who is the founder of Indysci.org has started a project called "Project Marilyn" that is a scientific initiative to study the cancer fighting compound called 9DS. He thinks that it might become the crucial weapon to fight skin, kidney and breast cancer. Yonemoto wants to share all his findings with the world as open-source and without patents, just like Bitcoin that operates with an open-source protocol. He even wants to crowdfund the project itself using Bitcoins. To fund Project Marilyn Yonemoto and his team seek to raise at least 75,000 USD from 1,000 people. Their....
Stem cell research, while still in its early stages, holds the opportunity for science to grow its understanding by leaps and bounds, unlocking doors that could protect humans against Alzheimer's Disease, Cancer, Heart Disease, HIV and AIDS, advocates say. Researching and fulfilling this potential is the goal of Gene and Cell Technologies, a California-based research center that recently moved into a 3,000-square-foot facility and now accepts bitcoin, as well as hard currencies like gold, for purchases at its online store. Founded in 2013, veteran stem cell researcher and Gene and Cell....
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