Washington, July 21 -- Congressman Steve Cohen issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a grant of $515,504 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research on yeast transcription under the direction Dr. Tanja Mittag of the Department of Structural Biology. Yeast cells are one of the model systems in the field of genetics. Better understanding the components in the pathway which facilitates DNA transcription to mRNA and then into protein is crucial for understanding our own biology. The congressmanannounced three grants to St. Jude, totaling $2.3 million, earlier today.
Congressman Cohen made the following sta...