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June 17, 2019 Fighting cancer is an ever-evolving challenge

Van Andel Institute Graduate School Ph.D. students and organizers of the 2019 Origins of Cancer symposium

Why have we not yet cured cancer?

As scientists,…

May 5, 2019 Combating cancer from the lab to the clinic

May is Cancer Research Month, which raises awareness for the efforts underway to prevent, treat and, ultimately, cure cancer.

When it comes to…

April 3, 2019 Blocking epigenetic “Swiss army knife” may be a new strategy for treating colorectal cancer

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 4, 2019) — A new study out today in Cancer Cell shows that blocking specific regions of a protein called…

March 19, 2019 WATCH: Van Andel Institute Public Lecture Series: A Focus on Pancreatic Cancer

  The first public lecture of 2019 at Van Andel Institute, A Focus on Pancreatic Cancer, from Foundations to Early Detection was held on March…

March 6, 2019 What is basic research and why is it important?

On March 12, the Institute will host A Focus on Pancreatic Cancer: From Foundations to Early Detection, a part of our Public Lecture…

March 3, 2019 10 things to know about pancreatic cancer

Check out 10 things to know about Pancreatic cancer. 

Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive, tough-to-treat disease in which malignant cells develop in the pancreas, a…

January 16, 2019 New combination blood test for pancreatic cancer may catch disease earlier

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Jan. 17, 2019) — A new approach to pancreatic cancer screening may help doctors detect the disease in people at high risk…

January 16, 2019 Diagnosing a deadly cancer sooner and more definitively: An interview with Dr. Brian Haab

Pancreatic cancer is an insidious disease that often evades detection until it has spread beyond the pancreas, seriously complicating treatment and reducing the chances…