Van Andel Research Institute funds $7.5M to continue stand up to cancer epigenetics dream team

(Entertainment Industry Foundation) Van Andel Research Institute is providing $7.5 million to continue the work of the inaugural Stand Up To Cancer Epigentics Dream Team. The VARI-SU2C Epigenetics Dream Team will focus on epigenetic mechanisms in cells, which help control whether genes are turned on or off without changing the DNA sequence itself and clinical trials evaluating the response of patients to epigenetic therapy alone, or to sensitize patients to subsequent chemotherapy.