A Look at Silcon Valley's Quest to Cure Diseases and End Aging
Silicon Valley is going to war against disease, cancer, aging, and perhaps even death, with advanced computing, AI and machine learning, genomics, DNA engineering, biotech and nanotech. Tech giants and mega-rich philanthropists are spending billions to permit hacking biology all the way down to DNA, and perhaps we could see breakthroughs in only a few years.
Zuckerberg and his wife, physician and educator Priscilla Chan, have enlisted a “dream team” of scientific leaders to oversee a US$3-billion effort to boost basic research, Nature News reports. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has been launched with the goal of helping cure, prevent and manage all diseases in our children’s lifetime.
Zuckerberg and his wife, physician and educator Priscilla Chan, have enlisted a “dream team” of scientific leaders to oversee a US$3-billion effort to boost basic research, Nature News reports. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has been launched with the goal of helping cure, prevent and manage all diseases in our children’s lifetime.