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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and wife Dr. Priscilla Chan to invest at least $3 billion to cure diseases – The Mercury News
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and wife Dr. Priscilla Chan to invest at least $3 billion to cure diseases – The Mercury News
Hoping to unlock a new era of progress in science and health, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, on Wednesday committed at least $3 billion over the next decade to prevent, manage and cure all diseases by the end of the century."By investing in science today we hope to build a future in which all of our children can live long and rewarding lives," Chan said in a speech at the University of California, San Francisco's William J. Rutter Center.The investment marks the latest major philanthropic effort for the couple, who announced in December they would give away 99 percent of their wealth over their lifetime.Celebrating the birth of their daughter, Max, they formed the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative that month to advance human potential and promote equality, but have primarily focused on efforts meant to improve education.
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Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan pledge $3 billion to cure all diseases
Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan pledge $3 billion to cure all diseases
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan will spend $ 3 billion over the next 10 years on their ambitious goal aimed at helping to eradicate all diseases by the end of this century.The goal is to "work together to cure, prevent or manage all diseases within our children's lifetime," Chan, who is a paediatrician, said during an event in San Francisco for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the couple's philanthropic group.Speaking through tears, Chan recalled telling parents their child had an incurable disease or could not be revived, experiences she said made her even more determined to work with scientists and engineers to build new tools that can save lives by the end of the century.The investments will include creating research tools from software to hardware to yet-undiscovered techniques they hope will ultimately lead to scientific breakthroughs, the way the microscope and DNA sequencing have in the past.
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan pledge $3 billion to eradicate diseases
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan pledge $3 billion to eradicate diseases
"The biggest breakthroughs take many years.This is about the future we all want for our children.If there's even a chance that we can help cure all diseases in our children's lifetime … then we're going to do our part," Zuckerberg added.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan are set to launch an ambitious effort to spend $3 million in the next ten yeras in a bid to eradicate all diseases by the end of the century.
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Mark Zuckerberg, wife Priscilla Chan pledge $3 billion to fight diseases
Mark Zuckerberg, wife Priscilla Chan pledge $3 billion to fight diseases
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg with wife, Priscilla Chan.The Zuckerbergs have committed to give away 99% of their wealth to philanthropic causes in their lifetimes.Photo: APSan Francisco: Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are pledging to spend more than $3 billion over the next decade to work on curing diseases."Can we work together to cure, prevent or manage all disease within our children's lifetime?" Chan said Wednesday onstage at an event in San Francisco for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
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