Google invests millions in Mark Zuckerberg’s efforts to create a ‘virtual cell’

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Google invests millions in Mark Zuckerberg’s efforts to create a ‘virtual cell’

TL;DR

  • Google DeepMind, Meta, and Isomorphic Labs are investing $300 million into Biohub.
  • Biohub is a nonprofit biomedical research organization founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan.
  • The investment will be used to create AI datasets for digital biological question answering and simulations.
  • The goal is to find new ways to prevent and manage diseases.
  • The US Department of Energy and National Institutes of Health are also contributing significant resources.