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Congressman Cohen Announces $3 Million Grant to UTHSC for Research into Diabetes

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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $3,010,432 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for research into diabetes endocrinology.


Congressman Cohen Announces Alcohol Research Grant to UTHSC

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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $399,076 to study repurposing FDA-approved drugs to target chronic alcohol tolerance from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.


Congratulating Circuit Judge Kevin Ritz

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This morning, I attended the investiture ceremony for Kevin Ritz of Memphis, appointed last year to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.


Study of antioxidant shortages in age-associated cognitive decline

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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $3,078,607 from the National Institute on Aging to study the relationship between a shortage of antioxidants and age-associated cognitive decline under the direction of Dr. Megan Mulligan.


Congressman Cohen Announces $658,561 Grant to UTHSC

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Research into improved treatment of breast cancer


Congressman Cohen Announces $77,000 Grant to UTHSC

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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $77,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a project titled “Modulating drug efflux transporter expression on the macrophage reservoir of HIV.”


Congressman Cohen Re-Introduces SOAR to Health and Wellness Act

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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today introduced a bill that would reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Act.


Congressman Cohen Condemns Proposed Cuts in Federal Support for Biomedical Research

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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today condemned a Trump Administration proposal to cap facilities and administrative cost reimbursements to 15 percent of total research project costs on National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant awards to biomedical research institutions.