$1B science fund seeks blockchain projects to expand human lifespan

$1B science fund seeks blockchain projects to expand human lifespan

Longevity Science Foundation accepts crypto donations and aims to use technology to advance healthy human longevity. 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....


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