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The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences is a monetary award funded by internet entrepreneurs: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan of Facebook; Sergey Brin of Google; entrepreneur and venture capitalist Yuri Milner; and Anne Wojcicki one of the founders of the genetics company 23andMe. The Chairman of the Board is Arthur D. Levinson of Apple.The award of $3 million the largest award in the sciences is given to researchers who have made discoveries that extend human life.