Personalized Medicine Can you imagine a world where diseases like diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and depression no longer claimed the people closest to us? Envision the lives saved, the hope restored, the potenial realized. That's the promise of personalized medicine - the highest quality humanistic healthcare targeted to the individual. That's what Baylor College of Medicine is all about. While the secrets underlying many diseases are still years from being revealed, the time to act is now. Today, BCM has one of the most robust environments in the nation for leading innovation in personalized medicine. With our broad-based scientific expertise in genetics and biology, our Human Genome Sequencing Center, our Cell and Gene Therapy Center, and programs in regenerative medicine, molecular imaging, advanced surgical and device technology, behavioral medicine, and medical informatics, we have the expertise on which personalized medicine will be based. Equally important are our people. We have the best minds working and training in medicine today, as our top-tier ranking from U.S. News & World Report indicates. The ability of our best minds to fuse scientific discovery with empathy and insight results in a rare intellectual fire. It is our responsibility to the public trust - and to you - to fuel this flame. We have a vision for creating a vibrant healthcare environment where care is customized to each patient and delivered efficiently and compassionately. Already the Baylor Clinic and Hospital is becoming a reality. Won't you join us as we fulfill the promise of personalized medicine?
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