If you asked me for a defining memory of our journey, it might surprise you. Some of my most cherished moments were the long hospital stays — the time I got to spend one-on-one with Hunsley, free from the distractions of the world.

In this edition of our Behind the Research series, we’re excited to introduce Dr. Meng Wang, a physician-scientist at Cornell University whose work is shedding light on a little-known but powerful driver of DNA damage in Fanconi anemia: formaldehyde. Dr....