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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Pledges $3 Billion to Curing Human Diseases
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Pledges $3 Billion to Curing Human Diseases
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, founded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, said on Wednesday that it would invest $3 billion over the next decade to help cure and manage all human diseases.This is the latest effort by the philanthropic venture, which Zuckerberg and Chan unveiled last December following the birth of their daughter, Maxima.At the time, they pledged to give away 99% of their Facebook stock fb , then valued at about $45 billion, over their lifetimes.The first step in this effort is a $600 million investment in Biohub, a new center at the University of California at San Francisco that will work on building new tools to fight diseases.
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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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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Invest $3 Billion to Cure Disease
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Invest $3 Billion to Cure Disease
+ READ ARTICLEMark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's philanthropic initiative will invest $3 billion over the next decade in an effort to cure and manage all diseases.Speaking at the University of California, San Francisco, Chan announced the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's latest venture, which will start with a $600 million investment in a project called Biohub that will connect UCSF, UC Berkeley and Stanford University to develop tools to measure and treat diseases."We believe that the future we want for our children is possible.We set a goal: Can we cure all diseases in our children's lifetime?" Chan said during the talk.
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Commits $3 Billion To Cure All Diseases
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Commits $3 Billion To Cure All Diseases
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan spoke at a press conference today, broadcast live on Facebook, where they announced a new initiative to cure diseases.Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have just announced that they're committing $3 billion over the next 10 years to cure all diseases.That goal starts with a $600 million investment into Biohub, a partnership with various California-based medical institutions, but will continue to advance scientific research by supporting research of many disciplines."Mark and I spent the past two years talking to scientists ranging form Novel Prize laureates to graduate students," Chan said during an emotional talk at UCSF.
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Pledge $3 Billion to Fighting Disease
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Pledge $3 Billion to Fighting Disease
PhotoSAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, last year said they would give 99 percent of their Facebook shares to charitable causes.Now they are putting a large chunk of that money to work.The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the limited liability company into which Mr. Zuckerberg and Dr. Chan put their Facebook shares, on Wednesday said it would invest at least $3 billion over the next decade toward preventing, curing or managing all diseases by the end of the century.While the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has already made investments in charter schools and education start-ups, the money toward curing diseases represents the group's first major initiative in science.
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