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December 20, 2017 10 highlights: A look back at 2017

With 2017 quickly coming to close, we’d like to reflect on all that’s been accomplished by rounding up some of this year’s most notable stories…

December 10, 2017 TARGETing pediatric blood cancer: Changing treatment for kids

A new molecular map of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) illuminates previously unknown causes of the disease and may lead to more effective treatment strategies…

October 17, 2017 Breast Cancer Awareness Month: A look at the latest research

Each year, more than 250,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer, making it the most common cancer in women, with the…

October 11, 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…

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October 11, 2017 A Catalyst for combating cancer

Nearly $5.5 million in grant funding to fuel collaborative clinical trials in lung and bladder cancers By Dr. Peter Jones and Dr. Steve Baylin Co-leaders,…

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June 12, 2017 VARI-SU2C Epigenetics Dream Team launches new clinical trial to combat blood cancers

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (June 13, 2017)—A new clinical trial spanning three cancer centers in California, Maryland and Pennsylvania is investigating a promising…

May 14, 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