The study, supported by a four-year, $1.7 million NIH grant, brings together researchers from Mayo and the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University.
Researchers will apply high-throughput sequencing techniques to assess complex microbial communities in the guts of patients who have undergone gastric bypass surgery.
Read the News Medical report on the role of gut microflora in bypass surgery.
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