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Discovery

Eye on patients, mind on innovation

Bringing virtual reality to the lab
Discovery

Bringing virtual reality to the lab

Juan Pedro García Hernández and his mother go for a walk in their neighborhood.
Hope

A fitness trainer strives to keep his mother’s mind limber

Groundskeeper Malcolm Caddies mows the grass in Brisbane, Australia
Global Impact

A groundskeeper tackles cancer in several ways

Dr. Thandiswa Ngcungcu listens to a seminar on drug discovery.
Discovery

Researcher’s Ph.D. leads to medical breakthrough in rare skin disease

Tyler Patron rollerblades to work.
Discovery

Researcher races to find new treatment for his progressive disease

Yuko Yoshikawa has a eye disease and shelters her eyes from the sun in Tokyo.
Hope

Coping with eye disease and fading vision late in life

Project manager Eduardo Canuz helps families in San Lorenzo, Guatemala
Global Impact

Fighting respiratory disease at the source

Patrice Matchaba is the new Global Head of Corporate Responsibility for Novartis.
Global Impact

Talking to: Patrice Matchaba, Global Head of Corporate Responsibility for Novartis

Nyintché strives to get affordable drugs for hypertension in Cameroon
Global Impact

Living with hypertension in Cameroon on a few dollars per day