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November 20, 2025 Facing cancer with family and focus

"One of the most emotional moments after being diagnosed with breast cancer was telling my parents and children," Brandi Huyser recalls. As the initial shock…

November 4, 2025 Fighting to outsmart cancer: A Q&A with graduate student Yanqing Liu

Cancers are notorious for finding ways to resist treatment.

Van Andel Institute’s Yanqing Liu, a Ph.D. student in the lab of Scott Rothbart,…

October 29, 2025 Eminent physician-scientist Dr. Jonathan D. Licht to serve as next president and chief scientific officer of Van Andel Institute

Grand Rapids, Mich. (Oct. 29, 2025) — Van Andel Institute, a leading research organization based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has appointed internationally recognized physician-scientist…

October 23, 2025 Harnessing the immune system to combat cancer: A Q&A with Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Michael Dahabieh

Immunotherapies have been a game-changer for cancer.

These powerful treatments work by bolstering the immune system’s ability to detect and kill cancer cells, but they…

September 8, 2025 Cancer cells can use backup routes to fuel their growth

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Sept. 8, 2025) — When it comes to their survival, cancer cells have a host of backup plans.

This is especially true of…

September 3, 2025 VAI graduate student earns prestigious American Society of Hematology award

Van Andel Institute’s Lia Hooker, a Ph.D. student in the lab of Tim Triche, Ph.D., has received a 2025 Hematology Inclusion Pathway Graduate Student…

August 27, 2025 New ‘atlas’ may aid search for markers of early-stage ovarian cancer

To understand ovarian cancer, you have to go back to where it begins.

In most cases, that means the fallopian tubes. These slender structures, which…

August 5, 2025 ‘Sweet’ discovery reveals how glucose fuels cancer-fighting immune cells

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Aug. 5, 2025) — For cancer- and infection-fighting T cells, glucose offers far more than a simple sugar rush.

A new discovery by…