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Cohen Announces Nearly $670K for Reserach at UT-Health Science Center

April 21, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center three grants totaling $669,750.00 for clinical research related to neurological disorders and the immunity and latency to chlamydial infections. The new federal funds will be distributed by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

“This research funding ensures that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will continue their mission to improve the quality of life and build upon their commitment to high-quality research,” said Congressman Cohen.

NIAID awarded UT Health Science Center a $373,750 grant to study chlamydial infections.

NINDS awarded UT Health Science Center two grants totaling $296,000. A $222,000 grant will be used to test the genetics of stroke vulnerability in mice, essentially helping solve some of the major issues causing strokes in humans. A $74,000 grant will develop a mouse model to study Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, a movement disorder that occurs from damage to certain nerve cells in the brain.

NIAID conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. For more than 60 years, NIAID research has led to new therapies, vaccines, diagnostic tests, and other technologies that have improved the health of millions of people in the United States and around the world.

NINDS conducts, fosters, coordinates, and guides research on the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of neurological disorders and stroke, and supports basic research in related scientific areas. The Institute stimulates basic discoveries about the causes of disease, enables the translation of basic discoveries into clinical practice, fosters training and mentoring of emerging scientists and physicians, and communicates research advances to the public.

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Issues:Health Care