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Research Report Spring/Summer 2022: Six Grants Conclude as Five are Funded

New grants: Cancer Consortium The Fanconi Anemia Cancer Consortium (FACC) is a collaborative partnership between the FA community and a network of clinicians and physician scientists who have expertise in the diagnosis and management of FA cancers and FA cancer research....

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FARF Launches Cancer Consortium

Why cancer? When the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund (FARF) was founded in 1989, Fanconi anemia (FA) was thought to be a childhood blood disease that led to leukemia. Thanks to years of donor-funded research, we now know that faulty DNA...

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Research Report Winter 2022: Four New Grants Funded

In early 2022, four new grants were awarded to advance research in cancer preclinical models, Fanconi Anemia Neurological Syndrome (FANS), and mental health. If you’d like to submit a research grant proposal, please contact Isis Sroka, Scientific Director. If you’d like...

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Stand Up To Cancer Announces New Research Team Focused on FA and HPV-related Head and Neck Cancers

LOS ANGELES – [October 28, 2021] – Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) today announced the Stand Up To Cancer–Fanconi Anemia Research Fund–Farrah Fawcett Foundation Head and Neck Cancer Research Team. The team will concentrate on new approaches to address head and neck squamous cell carcinoma,...

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Updates from the 2021 FA Symposium

The FARF Symposium was held in a virtual four-part series format during the month of July 2021. Fanconi anemia (FA) researchers and clinicians met virtually to share updates on specific topics including gene therapy, bone marrow failure, DNA repair, and...

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Robin Lewis receives 2021 Winn/Byrd Award for Adults with FA

https://youtu.be/le6Xm2XfQrk Robin's acceptance speech The Winn/Byrd award helps Robin and Jolandie start the next chapter of their journey. Importantly, it’s allowed them to add a much-needed housing section to “Betsy”. If you would like to learn more about Numinous Expeditions’...

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