Investments will include a bioscience research center, and plans for a chip to diagnose diseases, continuous blood stream monitoring and a map of cell types in body.

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his better half Priscilla Chan on Wednesday swore more than $3 billion toward an arrangement to...

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his better half Priscilla Chan on Wednesday swore more than $3 billion toward an arrangement to "cure, counteract or deal with all malady inside our kids' lifetime." 

Ventures will incorporate a bioscience research focus, and plans for a chip to analyze maladies, constant circulatory system observing and a guide of cell sorts in body. 

(Reporting by Deborah M. Todd; Editing by Alan Crosby)