Online Nominations for 2014 Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences are Open

San Francisco (ots/PRNewswire) -

Up to five prizes of $3 million each to be awarded

The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation announces the
opening of online nomination website for its 2014 prizes. The rules
and nomination form are available to the public at
http://www.breakthroughprizeinlifesciences.org. Anyone can nominate a
candidate online and all submissions must be completed by a third
party.

Nominations will be accepted through October 2, 2013.

This year the Foundation will award up to five prizes of $3
million each, sponsored by Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki, Mark
Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, and Yuri Milner. All prizes will be
awarded for research aimed at curing intractable diseases and
extending human life, with special attention to recent discoveries.
One prize sponsored by Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki is aimed
specifically at advancements in Parkinson's disease research.

The 2014 prize winners will be chosen by the Foundation's
Selection Committee, which is comprised of prior recipients of the
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, including:

- Cornelia I. Bargmann
- David Botstein
- Lewis C. Cantley
- Hans Clevers
- Napoleone Ferrara
- Titia de Lange
- Eric S. Lander
- Charles L. Sawyers
- Bert Vogelstein
- Robert A. Weinberg
- Shinya Yamanaka

"We all benefit from the brilliance and commitment of researchers
at the frontiers of medical science. This is a chance to reward their
achievements and support their future work. If you think someone
deserves a Breakthrough Prize, you have the power to put them in the
running."

- Art Levinson, Chairman of Apple Inc., Genentech, and The
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation.

About the Breakthrough Prize Foundation:

The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation is a nonprofit
organization created by Art Levinson, Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki,
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, and Yuri Milner and dedicated to
advancing research aimed at curing intractable diseases and extending
human life. The Foundation works toward this goal by:

- Awarding annual prizes of $3,000,000 each for accomplishments in the field
of life sciences.
- Communicating the excitement of science and raising the profile of those who
practice it.
- Inspiring young people to consider a career in science.

Additional information about the Foundation and the 2013
recipients of the prizes can be found at
http://www.breakthroughprizeinlifesciences.org.

For additional inquiries, contact: Leonid Solovyev -
media@fundamentalphysicsprize.org - +44-7590-976-334,
Media@breakthroughprizeinlifesciences.org

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