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Texas Children's Feigin Center for Pediatric Research houses more than 120 Texas Children's and Baylor College of Medicine researchers who seek cures for childhood diseases and conditions. Housing 200,000 square feet of state-of-the-art laboratory space, the Feigin Center represents one of the country's largest commitments to pediatric research.

Approximately 400 research projects, with funding of more than $54 million annually, are under way at Texas Children's to study subjects such as:

• Medications to improve the quality of life for children with HIV/AIDS and other chronic illnesses;
• Diagnostic methods based on DNA analysis for cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and other genetic disorders;
• Stomach emptying in premature infants;
• Development of treatments through gene therapy;
• Better treatment regimes for, and the genetic causes of, pediatric cancer.

The majority of these funds are from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Medical advances identified at the Feigin Center become cutting-edge treatments for Texas Children's patients, and ultimately result in better lives for young people.