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Rogel team receives $11.2M to leverage the microbiome against GVHD

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A team of researchers from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center received a $11.2 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study how to use the microbiome to limit complications of stem cell transplants for blood cancers and other diseases.

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