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February is National Cancer Prevention Month, and Feb. 4, 2020, is World Cancer Day.
To mark the occasion, Van Andel Institute scientists shared…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Dec. 21, 2018) — Van Andel Research Institute-affiliated scientists Peter W. Laird, Ph.D., Stephen B. Baylin, M.D., and H. Eric Xu, Ph.D.,…
Many of cancer’s long-buried secrets are now out in the open thanks to a collaborative effort to catalog the genetic switches that govern…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 5, 2018) — Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) announced today that the work of its scientists is featured in 27…
Scientists now have a powerful new resource for developing better treatments for common cancers of the esophagus, stomach, colon and rectum, collectively known as gastrointestinal…
Nature Genetics paper shows cells begin losing important DNA marks in utero
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., and LOS ANGELES (April 2, 2018) — A team led by scientists at Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) and
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 17, 2016)—Van Andel Research Institute (VARI), in collaboration with Cedars-Sinai, has received a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 5, 2015)—Scientists with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a National Institutes of Health-funded project, have…