Efforts are underway to reinforce health education and healthcare delivery in rural Vietnam to combat a rise in chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and respiratory ailments.

Explaining Chagas disease through the stories of patients in Latin America.

Chronic diseases like cancer and diabetes were once the preserve of wealthy countries but are now increasingly common in lower-income countries too as populations age and lifestyles change.

Technology used to tag friends on social media could change the way drug discovery is done.

Team uncovers a potential therapeutic approach for patients deficient in a protein called Shank3.

The modernization and miniaturization of pharmaceutical production could expand the range of ingredients medicinal chemists use to make new drugs.

Immunotherapy for cancer is on the brink of breakthroughs. Learn how NIBR have high expectations for this medical science.

Learn how NIBR uses next generation sequencing to transform clinical trials and diagnostics in oncology.

Novartis hopes to prevent, treat and block malaria and is conducting clinical trials to test some promising therapies. Learn more.

An interview with Thierry Diagana, Head of the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases.