Epigenetics
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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…
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…
When it comes to organization, our cells give even the most popular tidiness influencers a run for their money.
Nowhere is this more evident than…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (July 15, 2025) — Van Andel Institute scientists have developed an improved technique to comprehensively profile DNA methylation in single cells, an advance…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (July 1, 2025) — Van Andel Institute has appointed cancer epigenetics expert H. Josh Jang, Ph.D., as an assistant professor…
Cancer cells are masters of disguise.
Like villains in bad movies, they evade detection by masquerading as healthy cells, turning off the body’s built-in alarm…
Our kidneys perform many important jobs.
They filter our blood to remove waste, regulate blood pressure by eliminating excess fluid and ensure our electrolytes are…
For scientists like Dr. Scott Rothbart, the same strategies that cancer cells use to survive also are powerful opportunities for developing new treatments.
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