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ArticleComputational and structural biotechnology journal2018

A Blockchain-Based Notarization Service for Biomedical Knowledge Retrieval.

Athina-Styliani Kleinaki, Petros Mytis-Gkometh, George Drosatos, Pavlos S Efraimidis, Eleni Kaldoudi

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Article in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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  8. Blockchain Technologies: Opportunities for Solving Real-World Problems in Healthcare and Biomedical Sciences.Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH · 2019
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  10. Blockchain Applications in the Biomedical Domain: A Scoping Review.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2019
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5 authors.

Athina-Styliani KleinakiDept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Kimmeria, Xanthi 67100, Greece.
Petros Mytis-GkomethDept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Kimmeria, Xanthi 67100, Greece.
George DrosatosSchool of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Dragana, Alexandroupoli 68100, Greece.
Pavlos S EfraimidisDept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Kimmeria, Xanthi 67100, Greece.
Eleni KaldoudiSchool of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Dragana, Alexandroupoli 68100, Greece.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomedical research and clinical decision depend increasingly on scientific evidence realized by a number of authoritative databases, mostly public and continually enriched via peer scientific contributions. Given the dynamic nature of biomedical evidence data and their usage in the sensitive domain of biomedical science, it is important to ensure retrieved data integrity and non-repudiation. In this work, we present a blockchain-based notarization service that uses smart digital contracts to seal a biomedical database query and the respective results. The goal is to ensure that retrieved data cannot be modified after retrieval and that the database cannot validly deny that the particular data has been provided as a result of a specific query. Biomedical evidence data versioning is also supported. The feasibility of the proposed notarization approach is demonstrated using a real blockchain infrastructure and is tested on two different biomedical evidence databases: a publicly available medical risk factor reference repository and on the PubMed database of biomedical literature references and abstracts.

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