New database could aid global efforts to treat tuberculosis

A partnership led by Gary Schoolnik and other scientists at the medical school has launched a new initiative in which they will amass the world’s largest public database on the genes involved in latent tuberculosis—an essential tool to help researchers worldwide develop new treatments for the global scourge. More »

Second-year medical student Emiley Chang has already distinguished herself as a committed activist. Last year, she and other Stanford students were instrumental in getting a bill before the State Senate that would allow for the redistribution of unused prescription drugs.

In addition to his clinical and research activities, Andrew Patterson, MD, PhD, associate professor of anesthesia, spends time abroad in Guatemala, Southern Peru, Honduras, Ecuador, Bolivia and Rwanda providing health care for underprivileged children and adults.

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