Redwood city — for the past decade, dr Priscilla chan and her husband mark zuckerberg have focused part of their philanthropy on a lofty goal — “to cure, prevent or manage all disease. Mark zuckerberg and priscilla chan have announced a significant shift in their philanthropic focus, moving billions of dollars from education to science and artificial intelligence (ai). “we will continue our other philanthropic efforts as well, but the chan zuckerberg initiative will serve as infrastructure and support for our initiatives.” zuckerberg and chan’s increased commitment to science research comes as the trump administration has cut billions in scientific research and public health funding. Zuckerberg, chan shift bulk of philanthropy to science, focusing on ai and biology to curb disease november 6 2025, by barbara ortutay Ai drives dramatic expansion of chan zuckerberg initiative’s funding to end all diseases entering its second decade, philanthropy with facebook fortune has shed social causes and now focuses on ambitious science dream
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