Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Pledges $3 Billion to Curing and Managing Disease Investments will include a bioscience research center, and plans for a chip to diagnose diseases, continuous blood stream monitoring and a map of cell types in body.

By Reuters • Sep 21, 2016

This story originally appeared on Reuters

Mark Zuckerberg (R), founder and CEO of Facebook, and wife Priscilla Chan.

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan on Wednesday pledged more than $3 billion toward a plan to "cure, prevent or manage all disease within our children's lifetime."

Investments will include a bioscience research center, and plans for a chip to diagnose diseases, continuous blood stream monitoring and a map of cell types in body.

(Reporting by Deborah M. Todd; Editing by Alan Crosby)

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