Chan Zuckerberg Initiative commits to investing $3 billion to cure diseases : theverge

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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative commits to investing $3 billion to cure diseases

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative commits to investing $3 billion to cure diseases

The philanthropic initiative founded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, will spend $3 billion over the next decade in an effort to cure and manage all human diseases.The Chan Zuckerberg's latest effort will begin with a $600 million investment in a project called Biohub, an independent research center located at the University of California at San Francisco that will work on developing new tools to measure and treat disease."Mark and I spent the past two years talking to scientists ranging form Nobel Prize laureates to graduate students," Chan said during an emotional talk at UCSF."We believe that the future we all want for our children is possible.


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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announces $3 Billion Investment To Cure All Disease : The Two-Way : NPR

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announces $3 Billion Investment To Cure All Disease : The Two-Way : NPR

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announces $3 Billion Investment To Cure All DiseaseEnlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Jeff Chiu/APThe Chan Zuckerberg Initiative just announced one of its biggest investments to date: It is ponying up more than $3 billion to kickstart "Chan Zuckerberg Science," an initiative that plans to bring together multidisciplinary teams of scientists in an effort to prevent, cure or manage "all diseases in our children's lifetime."If you remember, at the end of last year, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, promised to give away almost all of their $45 billion fortune during their lifetime.This project is a part of that promise.Chan and Zuckerberg made the announcement Wednesday during an event in San Francisco that was streamed live on Facebook.


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News digest – Microsoft, Chan and Zuckerberg take on disease, fitness trackers, obesity in Scotland and… turmeric?

News digest – Microsoft, Chan and Zuckerberg take on disease, fitness trackers, obesity in Scotland and… turmeric?

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Three billion to cure all diseases: Paging Mr. Zuckerberg and Dr. Chan

Three billion to cure all diseases: Paging Mr. Zuckerberg and Dr. Chan

The question, taken at face value, seems preposterous: "Can we cure all diseases in our children's lifetime?"It takes a very bold thinker to answer, "Yes." And it takes very deep pockets to try to make it happen.Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his pediatrician wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, are bold thinkers with deep pockets.The couple announced this week that the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the limited liability company into which they've put their Facebook shares, will invest at least $3 billion over the next 10 years to achieve that lofty goal.They'll start by providing $600 million to build the Biohub, a research lab of engineers and scientists in San Francisco.


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Zuckerberg and Chan Promise $3 Billion to Cure Every Disease

Zuckerberg and Chan Promise $3 Billion to Cure Every Disease

Over the next decade, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan say they will invest $3 billion in a sweeping effort to cure all diseases in the lifetime of today's children."We are at the limit of our ability to alleviate suffering," Chan, a pediatrician, said this morning at an event in San Francisco."We want to push back at that boundary."About a year ago, after the birth of their daughter Max, the couple announced a new philanthropic venture they called the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, saying it would give as much as $45 billion to charity over the course of their lifetimes.But until today, they have said little about how this giving would work—though they have invested in tech educational startups abroad, including one in Africa and another in India.