Sentences with phrase «epigenetics dream team»
«If the pilot trial is successful, we plan to pursue a larger trial to explore this strategy's potential as a straightforward and cost - effective way to improve the existing therapy for AML and MDS,» said Peter Jones, Ph.D., D.Sc., co-senior author of the PNAS study, chief scientific officer at Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) and co-leader of the Van Andel Research Institute — Stand Up To Cancer (VARI — SU2C) Epigenetics Dream Team.
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ABOUT THE VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE — STAND UP TO CANCER EPIGENETICS DREAM TEAM The Van Andel Research Institute — Stand Up To Cancer (VARI — SU2C) Epigenetics Dream Team fosters collaboration between several of the world's most respected research and clinical organizations in an effort to translate scientific discoveries into new standards of patient care.
The Epigenetics Dream Team is delivering the promise of epigenetic therapy to clinical practice.
The VARI - SU2C Epigenetics Dream Team ll moves forward with additional clinical trials in various cancer types.
She serves as Principal for Johns Hopkins on the Stand Up 2 Cancer Colorectal Cancer Dream team, a $ 12 million grant to improve therapeutic options for colorectal cancer patients, and is a member of the Stand Up 2 Cancer Epigenetics Dream Team, leading the GI cancer initiatives for the group.
Epigenetics Dream Team leaders have identified an epigenetic process, known as DNA de-methylation, that inactivates or «silences» key genes that might otherwise correct for the «mistakes» that permit cancer to exist and flourish.
The Epigenetics Dream Team was one of the Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) inaugural Dream Teams, launched in 2009 to focus on epigenetic therapy in cancer treatment.
The research was also supported by the Van Andel Research Institute SU2C / AACR Epigenetics Dream Team.
The research was funded by the Cancer Research Society, Stand Up To Cancer (Epigenetics Dream Team), and The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation.