Patients wait to be seen at the People's Community Clinic in Austin, on Nov. 8, 2010.
Patients wait to be seen at the People's Community Clinic in Austin, on Nov. 8, 2010. Callie Richmond

In an effort to broaden the pool of research subjects, some doctors are using Facebook and Twitter to reach patients with a specific illness. The Broad Institute/Dana-Farber Integrative Cancer Biology Program in Massachusetts formed the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project to find patients on social media. (Fast Company)

Jacob Sanchez was a newsletters fellow for the Tribune in 2016. At St. Edward’s University, he studied political science and journalism. Previously, Sanchez was an editorial intern at The Texas Observer,...