Epigenetics

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March 27, 2024 Combining epigenetic cancer medications may have benefit for colorectal cancers and other tumor types

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (March 27, 2024) — A pair of medications that make malignant cells act as if they have a virus could hold new promise for…

August 3, 2023 Making an impact in the real-world: Five things to know about the Van Andel Institute–Stand Up To Cancer Epigenetics Dream Team

Since October 2014, the Van Andel Institute–Stand Up To Cancer Epigenetics Dream Team has supported and launched breakthrough clinical trials that explore potential new…

September 22, 2021 Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Van Andel Institute awarded estimated $12.4 million SPORE grant from National Cancer Institute

Estimated at $12.4 million, this five-year grant supports a nationwide team of researchers investigating epigenetic therapies for cancer The Coriell Institute for Medical Research and…

October 12, 2017 Stand Up To Cancer awards $5.5 million to VARI for cancer clinical trials to enhance immunotherapy

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Oct. 12, 2017)—Van Andel Research Institute–Stand Up To Cancer Epigenetics Dream Team (VARI-SU2C) scientists have been awarded two…

May 15, 2017 VARI cancer researcher elected to National Academy of Sciences

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 15, 2017) — Stephen Baylin, M.D., Director’s Scholar and professor in the Center of Epigenetics at

August 29, 2016 Vitamin C may boost effectiveness of acute myeloid leukemia treatment

EDITOR’S NOTE: Maintaining proper nutrition is an important part of cancer therapy. Patients are urged to consult their doctors before making any change to their…

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November 5, 2015 TCGA findings provide molecular background for second most common kidney cancer

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 5, 2015)—Scientists with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a National Institutes of Health-funded project, have…

October 20, 2014 Stand Up To Cancer Epigenetics Dream Team continues with $7.5 million funding from Van Andel Research Institute

Grand Rapids, Michigan (October 20, 2014)— The work of one of the Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) inaugural Dream Teams, launched in 2009 to focus…