New-look Fred Hutch snags slice of Be­zos for­tune for 10 years of re­search

Fresh off a $78 mil­lion do­na­tion and a spring merg­er that brought with it a new lo­go, one of the na­tion’s largest can­cer re­search cen­ters is get­ting a mas­sive boost from one of the world’s rich­est fam­i­lies.

Via Jeff Be­zos’ par­ents, Jack­ie and Mike Be­zos, Fred Hutchin­son Can­cer Cen­ter will re­ceive $710.5 mil­lion over the next decade.

Funds will bankroll in­fec­tious dis­ease and can­cer re­search, with the biggest pool, at $300 mil­lion, go­ing to­ward re­cruit­ing 36 new re­searchers, each of which will have up to 10 peo­ple in their labs, the Seat­tle Times re­port­ed. An­oth­er $225 mil­lion will go to­ward build­ing a 390,000 square-foot pre­ci­sion on­col­o­gy cen­ter on the Seat­tle cam­pus, to be named af­ter Stu­art and Mol­ly Sloan.

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