None of the billionaires got that way by throwing money at egg studies. Bold to think they'd just start doing it now.

Insurance companies don't fund medical research AFAIK? But if they did, it would be coming out of your premiums.

The US Government is not a reliable source of research or funding these days.

Universities are generally looking for subjects that will further their prestige and expand the frontiers as they understand them. This isn't that. And they, too, have funding issues, tracing in many ways right back to the government.