Washington, Aug. 6 -- Congressman Morgan Griffith issued the following press release:
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded Virginia Tech, based in Blacksburg, Virginia, four research related grants worth $1,936,905. The funding breakdown of the grants is as follows:
$774,123 to support trial on safe drinking water in Appalachia
$667,837 to support research related to brain development in children and humans
$451,417 to support research into development of new painkiller treatments
$43,528 to support research into therapies for osteosarcoma, a bone cancer
In response to these grant notices, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement:
"Scientific discoveries contribute to new treatmen...