The tech titans won’t beat disease – it’ll be the little people

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan may feel good about donating $3bn to medical research, but it's a drop in the ocean

So, is $3bn a lot of money? Of course it is. Is $3bn enough to banish or manage all disease in the world within the next 84 years? Of course it isn't. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have announced a plan to invest 3bn in medical research over the next 10 years. They claim this sum will enable them to play a key role in curing, preventing or managing all disease by the end of this century.

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