Geisinger Gets Grant to Study Weight Loss Genetics

Apr 20, 2011

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Scientists at Geisinger Health System will use a grant from the National Institutes of Health to discover and find out if certain genetic variants may be involved in the failure of some obesity patients to lose weight even after gastric bypass surgery.

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