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Baylor/Texas Children’s
physician-investigators have been:
 Participants
in the first study to demonstrate ways to prevent
transmission of HIV from an infected mother to her baby,
resulting in thousands of infant lives saved.
Among
the first to document the efficacy of surfactant therapy in
neonates, resulting in a decline by half in mortality for
premature infants.
Credited
with the development of the Mullins sheath for left heart
catheterization, now the standard equipment used today.
Integral
in the isolation of genes responsible for various forms of
spinocerebellar ataxia as well as Rett syndrome.
Credited
with the development of many of today’s human milk
fortifiers used nationally and internationally.
Key
to the understanding of group B streptococcal infection –
the leading cause of infection death in newborn infants.
Critical
to the ultimate approval of many antibiotics and to the
approval of many forms of therapy for childhood cancer.
Identifiers
of numerous genes and their function, permitting the
detection of many inherent diseases in utero or early in
life.
Successful
in furthering understanding of the molecular basis for
seizure disorders of various types.
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