Washington, April 7 -- Congressman Steve Cohen issued the following press release:
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced four more National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, totaling $1,191,875, to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The announcement follows $2.4 million in NIH research grants reported on Monday (https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-24-million-nih-research-grants-st-jude).
One grant for $76,780, from the National Eye Institute, is for vision research under the direction of Dr. Mellisa Clemons. A second, for $508,750, is from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research on epigenetic gene regulation for stem cell fates under the direction of Dr. Jam...