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||Van Andel Institute Announces Hiring of Key Development Personnel
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||Slobbery Kisses From 'Man's Best Friend' Aid Cancer Research
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||14th Community for a Cure Game Raises $4,000 for Cancer Research
||Spectrum Health and Van Andel Research Institute Play Vital Role in New Cancer Research
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||VAI Purple Games Raise More than $125,000 for Local Cancer Research
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||Van Andel Institute Honors Nobel Laureate Phillip A. Sharp
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||Van Andel Education Institute's Science Academy Celebrates National Lab Day 2010
||Van Andel Research Institute Finding is Potential Predictor of Deadly Cancer Common in Asia
||TGen-VARI-SHC Research Helps Predict Success with Cancer Drugs
||Van Andel Institute Names New Vice President of Development
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||Origins of Cancer Symposium Brings National Cancer Experts to West Michigan
||Van Andel Institute Honors First Graduates of VAI Graduate School
||Van Andel Education Institute Names New Associate Director
||Van Andel Institute Researchers Find Potential Drug Target for Aggressive Form of Lymphoma
||Dr. George Vande Woude Honored with Ninth Annual Daniel Nathans Memorial Award
||Finding Brings Scientists One Step Closer to Parkinson's Drug
||West Michigan Whitecaps Host Purple Game to Fight Cancer
||Van Andel Research Institute Finding Could Lead to Reduced Side Effects in Anti-Cancer Antibiotics
||Cysts Hold Clues to Pancreatic Cancer
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||VARI Findings Could Help Diagnose and Treat Liver Cancer
||Karsten Melcher Promoted to Head of New Van Andel Institute Lab
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||New Use for an Old Drug: Chloroquine Finding May Lead to Treatments for Arthritis, Cancer, and Other Diseases
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||Van Andel Research Institute, Spectrum Health and Oncology Group to Develop Phase I Clinical Trial Program
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||Van Andel Institute Announces Hiring of Key Personnel
||Van Andel Institute Graduate School Convenes Sixth Annual Opening Convocation
||West Michigan Whitecaps to Host Purple Game for Cancer Research at Van Andel Institute
||Van Andel Institute Announces New Staff and Board Member
||Van Andel Institute Names David Whitescarver Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
||Van Andel Institute Research Symposium Showcases Latest Developments in Parkinson's Research
||ArtPrize® Contestants Pledge Support for Cancer Research
||New Invention Could Improve Treatment for Children with "Water on the Brain"
||Van Andel Research Institute One of Three Michigan Research Sites to Receive $3.5 Million Breast Cancer Grant
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