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Front. Aging
Sec. Healthy Longevity
Volume 5 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fragi.2024.1353272
This article is part of the Research Topic LONGEVITY MED SUMMIT 2023 View all 4 articles

Advancing Longevity Research through Decentralized Science

Provisionally accepted
Maximilian Unfried Maximilian Unfried *
  • National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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    In an era marked by scientific stagnation, Decentralized Science (DeSci) challenges the inefficiencies of traditional funding and publishing systems. DeSci employs blockchain technology to address the misalignment of incentives in academic research, emphasizing transparency, rapid funding, and open-source principles. Centralized institutions have been linked to a deceleration of progress, which is acutely felt in the field of longevity science-a critical discipline as aging is the #1 risk factor for most diseases. DeSci proposes a transformative model where decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) facilitate community-driven funding, promoting high-risk, high-reward research. DeSci, particularly within longevity research, could catalyze a paradigm shift towards an equitable, efficient, and progressive scientific future.

    Keywords: decentralized science, Longevity, Aging, Biotech, Blockchain, crypto, open source

    Received: 10 Dec 2023; Accepted: 26 Jun 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Unfried. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Maximilian Unfried, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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