Why are the wealthy corporate monied families in America funding the research at genome labs?

Why are the wealthy corporate monied families in America funding the research at genome labs?

Alex asked: Are genetic disease and disorders caused by older paternal age and will there never be cures or for Alzheimer’s, diabetes, MS, hemophilia, autism, schizophrenia,cancers because in non-familial cases they are basic degradations of the human genome caused by genetic copy number variations?