Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg aim to 'cure, prevent and manage' all disease
by Olivia Solon in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#1VHS7)
Couple plans to invest $3bn over next decade to help scientists develop and utilise tools such as artificial intelligence and blood monitors to treat illnesses
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have laid out plans to invest $3bn over the next 10 years with the not insignificant goal of tackling all diseases.
"Can we cure, prevent or manage all disease by the end of this century?" asked Zuckerberg, speaking in front of a packed lecture theater at the University of California, San Francisco's (UCSF) William J Rutter Center.
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