TRTF is an innovation-based economic developer for San Antonio and South Texas. The foundation supports the growth of the bioscience and tech-based industry sectors by enhancing and leveraging the capabilities and assets of universities and research institutions. Entrepreneurial activity is supported through linkages with investment capital and commercialization expertise. The Texas Research Park provides the physical infrastructure for enterprise formation and growth.

Advancements in health care are the result of a long process of laboratory and clinical studies. Bioscience research involves investigation by a diversity of scientific disciplines working concurrently to study the biological basis of disease. Basic research is incredibly time-consuming and expensive, but in the proper environment and with adequate funding, scientists can extricate and disseminate a wealth of data that can be developed into different approaches to alleviate human suffering. Following basic research, many years of additional scientific testing is required in preclinical and clinical studies before promising therapies are developed into products that will be approved by the Food and Drug Administration. A diversified network of scientific and administrative institutions is required to advance health care benefits.

The Texas Research Park

The Texas Research Park is currently composed of many organizations whose work involves various stages of the very complicated drug development process. Researchers at The University of Texas Institute of Biotechnology/Department of Molecular Medicine are making tremendous advances in breast cancer gene research.