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?" The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will focus on some of the world's biggest killers, including heart disease, cancer, infectious diseases and neurological diseases. One of its biggest investments is to be a $600m "Biohub" at UCSF, which will bring together scientists and engineers from Stanford, Berkeley and UCSF – who haven't collaborated in this way before – to develop tools to treat diseases. The second focus will be transformative technology, all of which will be made available to all scientists everywhere. "Throughout the history of science, most of the major scientific breakthroughs have been preceded by some new tool and technology that allows you to see in new ways," explained Zuckerberg.

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?" The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will focus on some of the world's biggest killers, including heart disease, cancer, infectious diseases and neurological diseases. One of its biggest investments is to be a $600m "Biohub" at UCSF, which will bring together scientists and engineers from Stanford, Berkeley and UCSF – who haven't collaborated in this way before – to develop tools to treat diseases. The second focus will be transformative technology, all of which will be made available to all scientists everywhere. "Throughout the history of science, most of the major scientific breakthroughs have been preceded by some new tool and technology that allows you to see in new ways," explained Zuckerberg.

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?" The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will focus on some of the world's biggest killers, including heart disease, cancer, infectious diseases and neurological diseases. One of its biggest investments is to be a 600m "Biohub" at UCSF, which will bring together scientists and engineers from Stanford, Berkeley and UCSF – who haven't collaborated in this way before – to develop tools to treat diseases. The second focus will be transformative technology, all of which will be made available to all scientists everywhere. "Throughout the history of science, most of the major scientific breakthroughs have been preceded by some new tool and technology that allows you to see in new ways," explained Zuckerberg.