The choice you make today can help fuel the cures of tomorrow.
The choice you make today can help fuel the cures of tomorrow.
Where will the next cure come from? Where will the next lifesaving breakthrough happen that can save the lives of people we love?
— a research powerhouse that’s driving lifesaving medical advances and better health outcomes every day.
In 1900, the school that would become Baylor College of Medicine opened its doors. Its students and faculty were a small group with a big goal: to integrate care, research and education, and equip new generations of doctors to improve the practice of medicine in Texas.
From the beginning, the financial support of generous donors has been critical to achieving that mission. But now, we’re not just helping Texans. What happens here changes the world.
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One example of this is Baylor’s quest to solve the global problem of bacterial antibiotic resistance, which is responsible for more than 1 million deaths a year.
“Most people with bacterial infections get better after completing antibiotic treatment, but there are also many cases in which people decline because the bacteria develop resistance to the antibiotic,” says Susan M. Rosenberg, Ph.D., Ben F. Love Chair in Cancer Research and professor of Molecular and Human Genetics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Molecular Virology and Microbiology.
Now, Dr. Rosenberg and her team have identified a therapy that could significantly reduce the ability of bacteria to develop antibiotic resistance. While future clinical trials are needed, early indications point to a medical milestone with the potential to save countless lives.
At Baylor, our physicians, researchers and other healthcare professionals, and even our students, are united by one vision: taking the promise of tomorrow’s medicine and making it real today. . Together, we’re preparing future leaders, advancing science, turning discoveries into practical therapies and improving people’s lives.
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