Hats off to the 2019 Stanford Medicine graduates
Dean Lloyd Minor and Provost Persis Drell offer inspiring words to the graduates at the 2019 School of Medicine commencement ceremony.
Two young brothers saved by new stem cell transplant technique
A method that broadens the pool of potential donors for stem cell transplants recently saved two young brothers from a severe genetic disease.
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