Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's Biohub to open new rare disease funding round

Priscilla Chan (R) and her husband Mark Zuckerberg announce the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to "cure, prevent or manage all disease" by the end of the century during a news conference at UCSF Mission Bay in San Francisco. Beck Diefenbach | Reuters Biohub, a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative -funded non-profit research organization, announced Thursday that it will open another round of funding through its Rare As One Network this fall. It marks the fourth round of grants for the rare disease community from Rare As One, which has committed more than $150 million to rare disease initiatives through the four funding cycles. "When I was a pediatric resident, I would sit across from families who had done everything right — researched, advocated, fought for answers — and I had to tell them that medicine just didn't know yet. Those families never left me. We built Rare As One because we believe patients aren't bystanders to scientific progress — they are among its most powerful drivers," Priscilla Chan said in a statement to CNBC. The application window for the fourth cycle will likely open in October, though an official date has not yet been announced. Awards will be targeted towards groups focused primarily on rare pulmonary and immune diseases, as well as rare cancers. The announcement also expands Biohub's partnership with Every Cure , the nonprofit founded by Dr. …