More evidence of this is the Breakthrough Prize: http://breakthroughprizeinlifesciences.org/sponsors http://breakthroughprizeinlifesciences.org/sponsors Sponso

More evidence of this is the Breakthrough Prize: http://breakthroughprizeinlifesciences.org/sponsors http://breakthroughprizeinlifesciences.org/sponsors Sponsored by Sergey Brin and Mark Zuckerberg (and Yuri Milner).