Cancer

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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…

July 15, 2025 Van Andel Institute scientists develop technique for high-resolution single cell epigenetic analysis

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…

March 31, 2025 Van Andel Institute’s Dr. Hui Shen elected to the AIMBE College of Fellows

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (March 31, 2025) — Van Andel Institute’s Hui Shen, Ph.D., has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering…

May 20, 2024 For some endometriosis-related ovarian cancers, timing is everything

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 20, 2024) — Two types of endometriosis-related ovarian cancer arise from the same cells but likely at different stages of the menstrual cycle…

November 21, 2022 New cellular ‘clock’ offers fresh way to measure age

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 21, 2022) — Can parts of our bodies age faster than others?

The answer is yes, and Van Andel Institute

June 21, 2020 Van Andel Institute scientists win Team Science Awards from American Association for Cancer Research

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (June 22, 2020) — The American Association for Cancer Research has awarded Van Andel Institute Professor Peter W. Laird, Ph.D., Director’s…

April 4, 2018 Van Andel Research Institute scientists help redefine how cancer is categorized

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 5, 2018) — Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) announced today that the work of its scientists is featured in 27…

April 4, 2018 Comprehensive atlas redefines gastrointestinal cancers

Scientists now have a powerful new resource for developing better treatments for common cancers of the esophagus, stomach, colon and rectum, collectively known as gastrointestinal…