10 ways Florida State University is changing the world [Video]

Do you think cancer-fighting drugs are important? How about expanding our understanding of the universe? What about finding ways to help the victims of human trafficking? These and many other critical societal issues are being studied by Florida State University researchers every day.

Let’s take a quick peek at 10 of the ways FSU is improving our lives and our world.

1. Saving Breast Cancer PatientsFlorida State University chemistry Professor Robert Holton created a synthetic drug called Taxol that went into widespread use for breast and ovarian cancer treatment in 1992. At the time of its approval, the National Cancer Institute said it was the most important cancer drug created in the last 15 years.

2. Paving the way on Zika researchFSU Professor of Biological Science Hengli Tang partnered with former grad school classmates at Johns Hopkins University to publish one of the first papers showing a link between Zika and microcephaly. They’ve been working feverishly to identify drug compounds …