2 Arkansas researchers awarded $1.3M NIH grant

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Two researchers at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute have received a $1.3 million grant to student how children’s immune systems are affected by a common pollutant.

The National Institutes of Health awarded the four-year grant to Kathleen Gilbert and Sarah Blossom. The researchers are studying how chronic low exposure to trichloroethylene, known as TCE, may contribute to diseases like diabetes, lupus and autoimmune hepatitis.