Cori Bargmann’s new job description includes “to help cure, prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century.” That’s quite a lofty goal.
Bargmann is a neuroscientist and president of science for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the joint venture of pediatrician Priscilla Chan and Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg. The couple pledged $3 billion to solve major medical problems by helping scientists and engineers collaborate long term, over 25, 50, even 80 years.
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