Health

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Stanford Engineering —

Market design without borders

A new interdisciplinary center hopes to clear the logistical hurdles to coordinating kidney exchanges internationally.

Stanford Engineering —

The future of measuring cancer

New technologies could improve how scientists measure cancer cells at the molecular level, and predict how they will behave and grow.

Drug design at the atomic level to thwart COVID-19

The rapidly evolving SARS-CoV-2 virus threatens the progress made in curbing the COVID-19 pandemic. A promising novel drug candidate, designed at the atomic level, could help doctors halt the rise of lethal new drug resistant variants.

This protein pic could help develop new cancer treatments

A molecular “snapshot” of a protein can be critical to understanding its function. Scientists at Stanford and NYU have published and investigated a new structure of the protein LAG-3 which could enable the development of new cancer treatments.

Stanford Graduate School of Business —

Expanding access to health care after prison

People who have spent time in jail or prison often can’t get quality, affordable medical care. Two GSB grads are working to fix that.

Stanford Medicine —

Drug limits allergic reactions

Accidental exposure to allergy-triggering foods can have life-threatening consequences for children with food allergies. A new treatment reduces the risk.

Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences —

The immigration debate has a mental health toll

Anxiety and depression among Latino groups in the United States have risen during times of heightened enforcement and policy tug-of-war, new research shows.