Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg And Wife Plan To Provide Cure To All Diseases?

The world was in awe when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on his social media account Thursday that he and his wife are laying out plans to put $3 billion dollars for medicine research that will help cure top diseases which causes death in our generation. This movement is part of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI).

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his pediatrician wife Priscilla Chan spoke at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) William J Rutter Center Wednesday. A teary Chan narrated the root why the recent plans of CZI came about. While working in her field, she witnessed the pain that her parents went through.

Yahoo recounted Chan's story through a quote where she mentioned that our world right now has limitations in understanding the human body and has little access to information as to why it leads to certain diseases. She also pointed out that because of these limitations, it confines the boundaries in alleviating suffering in humans.

CZI will dig into the causes and preventions of the world's most-known killer diseases such as cancer, infectious diseases, heart disease and neurological diseases. The Guardian reports that the biggest project will cost $600 million for the construction of a Biohub at UCSF. This will be the center where scientists and health engineers from UCSF, Berkeley and Stanford will meet to discuss, obtain and invent tools that will help cure diseases.

Coming in second on the line up of projects is the creation of a transformative technology that will be widely used by scientists everywhere. The technology's importance is likened to that of the 'telescope' which help researchers and scientists observe microorganisms which are affecting the human body.

According to Cornelia Bargmann, an American Neurobiologist and front-runner of CZI claims that this technology is needed to develop new cures and further understanding on diseases "in all areas of medicine."

To a big surprise, the plan also won the approval of Microsoft founder Bill Gates who was welcomed by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on stage. Gates said that CZI has already done a lot of great things in providing education and knowledge to students. He added that this whole new plan is a bold challenge, however, it will provide great progress in medicinal studies.