NFTs have proven to be an effective method of fundraising for social good. With the purchase of an NFT, you can help all sorts of causes ranging from medical debt forgiveness to bringing a species back from extinction. Joining the ranks of these ‘NFTs for good’ is a project set to go on auction at Christie’s on July 15; The University of Pennsylvania mRNA NFT: Vaccines for a New Era.
What’s in the digital box
The renderings — a collaboration between The University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Drew Weissman — are also set to include “a storyboard that explains what the NFT depicts, [UPenn]-owned mRNA patent documents, and an original letter from Dr. Weissman, whose researched produced key innovations that made mRNA vaccines safer and more effective,” as per the project’s press release.
But what exactly makes funding this research effort so important? Odds are, you’ve already gotten an…
