By John Glenday

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have pledged $3bn toward the eradication of disease as he ramps up his philanthropic initiatives with the express aim of curing all diseases within the lifetime of his 10 month old daughter.

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative includes an ambitious project to build a $600m research centre and ‘engineering team’ in San Francisco to help scientists and doctors in their efforts to understand and combat disease.

Built in collaboration with Stanford, the University of California, and Berkeley Biohub will be headed up by neurobiologist Cori Bargmann.

In a statement Zuckerberg said: “The science initiative Read full story ›

Source: The Drum