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March 20, 2022 Cryo-EM reveals how ‘911’ molecule helps fix damaged DNA

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (March 21, 2022) — When something goes wrong during DNA replication, cells call their own version of 911 to pause the process…

September 14, 2020 Van Andel Institute to serve as Cancer Moonshot^SM Biorepository

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (September 15, 2020) — Van Andel Institute’s Biorepository has been awarded a $2.7 million, two-year subcontract from the Frederick National Laboratory for…

January 14, 2020 New study may lead to fewer hysterectomies in women with uterine fibroid tumors

Uterine fibroid tumors are the leading cause of hysterectomies in the U.S., yet little is known about what causes them. A new study, however, has…

November 5, 2019 New technique lays foundation for regenerative cardiac therapies

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 6, 2019) — Scientists have devised a technique to sort out which heart cells can replicate and which cannot, a critical…

October 2, 2018 High-resolution “blueprint” reveals mechanism that helps E. coli infect the urinary tract

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (October 3, 2018) — A common gut bacterium uses a unique assembly apparatus to build hair-like structures that help it infect the…

August 1, 2018 Van Andel Research Institute Biorepository earns re-accreditation from the College of American Pathologists

Grand Rapids, Mich. (August 2, 2018) — The Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) has awarded re-accreditation to the Van Andel Research…

August 1, 2018 Supporting science, a sample at a time

Biorepositories are a vital part of modern biomedical research

Science can’t happen without samples.

Comprising healthy and diseased tissues, blood, saliva and other materials, these…

June 12, 2018 Cryo-EM reveals interaction between major drug targets

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (June 13, 2018) — For the first time, scientists have visualized the interaction between two critical components of the body’s vast cellular…