Science | Broad Institute Broad Donates $400M for Gene Research Record gift helps Harvard/MIT venture get to root of disease By Harry Kimball Posted Sep 4, 2008 3:08 PM CDT Copied Eli Broad, center left, and his wife Edythe Broad, center right, are cheered by Eric Lander, left, the director of the Broad Institute , left, and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. (AP Photo) Eli and Edythe Broad plan to donate $400 million more to the Massachusetts foundation they started 4 years ago to research the genetic causes of disease, the Boston Globe reports. “It's the biggest investment we've ever made,” said Broad, whose gift to the joint Harvard/MIT venture is the largest donation ever to a US academic concern for such work. “We think the returns are just great from what we've seen so far.” Read These Next Beyonce leaves national anthem unfinished. Musk says his new party is in business. A Texas man's disappearance is fodder for true-crime mania. Kerr County considered a flood warning system years ago. Report an error