Congressman Cohen Announces $3.4 Million Grant to St. Jude

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will receive a grant of $3,428,212 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a project entitled epigenetic checkpoint regulation of naïve T-cell quiescence and peripheral tolerance. The research is under the direction of Dr. Yongqiang Feng.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement: 

“I am always pleased to see our National Institutes of Health investing in the work of our premiere children’s research hospital. I am confident the work supported by this grant will lead to important findings and potentially save lives.”

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