NKI researchers receive two TOP grants from ZonMW for genetic research
(WorldNews Netherlands)

Reuven Agami, Wilbert Zwart and Lodewyk Wessels of the Netherlands Cancer Institute will receive a ZonMW TOP grant for genetic research. Agami and Zwart get 675.000 Euro to search for enhancer elements that influence gene activity in hormone-sensitive tumor. Wessels receives, together with Mark van der Wiel of the VU Medical Center, 675.000 Euro to implement Big Data techniques in the search for new biomarkers. Cancer is a problem of the DNA. This makes genetic research essential to better understand and treat it. It is...