MEMPHIS - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a $179,375 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for research on the effects of environmental health hazards on the aryl hydrocarbon receptor regulating gene expression.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

'I'm pleased that the National Institutes of Health continue to direct significant research funding to the U of M. This grant will contribute to important work in environmental health and genetic science.'

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