Tech titan Sean Parker funds collaborative cancer research

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Sean Parker hopes to change medicine by creating a new kind of research network.

Sean Parker made his fortune as the co-founder of Napster and first president of Facebook. Now, the tech entrepreneur and billionaire hopes to change medicine by creating a new kind of research network. Parker gave out a $250 million grant Wednesday to six of the nation’s leading medical schools and cancer centers to fund collaborative immunotherapy research. Parker joins Judy Woodruff for more.

AIR DATE 4/13/16

Tech titan Sean Parker funds collaborative cancer research

Tech titan Sean Parker funds collaborative cancer research

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Tech titan Sean Parker funds collaborative cancer research

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