Congressman Cohen Announces $1.6 Million Grant to St. Jude

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will receive a $1,638,000 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences' "New Innovator Award" program for research on metabolism.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"Understanding life-sustaining chemical reactions in our children's bodies is critical to good health and good treatment outcomes. I am pleased to see St. Jude again recognized as an ‘innovator' in this critical research."

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