Grassley: $602,724 to Iowa from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services


  

            WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded two grants totaling $602,724 to Iowa.

 

The funds have been awarded as described below.

 

v Cedar Rapids Oncology Project in Cedar Rapids will receive $503,187 from the National Cancer Institute to help pay for a cooperative clinical research project titled, “Cedar Rapids Oncology Project.”

v Porcinogen in Sioux Center will receive $99,537 from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to help pay for a lung disease research project titled, “Development of a Humanized Pig Model of Cystic Fibrosis.”