Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick proposed launching a new taxpayer-funded research program, the Dementia Prevention Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT), to draw in “leading Dementia researchers and companies” to the state — modeled after the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).
Patrick announced this new “major legislative initiative” for Texas legislators on Monday, saying it’ll be “laser-focused on Dementia, just as CPRIT is laser-focused on Cancer. Like CPRIT, this investment will draw leading researchers and companies to Texas and require them to be based in Texas, leading to their further investment in our state.”
