When brilliant minds work with purpose and passion — lives can be saved through research.

Where will the next cure come from? Where will the next lifesaving breakthrough happen that can save the lives of people we love?

With your support, it might get its start at Baylor College of Medicine — 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 with a small group of students and one big promise: to seamlessly integrate care, research and education in order to prepare new generations of doctors and improve the practice of medicine in Texas.

From the beginning, the financial support of generous donors has been critical to achieving that mission.

“When you give to Baylor College of Medicine, you can be certain you are impacting lives in Houston and across the globe,” says Stephanie Young, Baylor’s Senior Vice President of Advancement and Alumni Affairs.

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.