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2025 Research Updates

Research is the answer to one day making FA a treatable, manageable disease. Here, you'll discover the most recent strides in FA research and activities funded by FCF. Every quarter, we'll bring you updates on newly funded grants, ongoing projects, and significant milestones.

Research Update Winter 2020: Cancer, Fertility, Bone Marrow Failure

This report is an overview of research shared at the 2020 Fanconi Anemia Research Fund Scientific Symposium covering three main topics: solid tumors, fertility, and bone marrow failure. Solid tumors What is the issue and how does it affect people...

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How to Be Present for Your Friends This Holiday Season

A number of articles have been circulating lately on this very topic at this time of year. A piece I wrote entitled, “Friend, I See You This Thanksgiving” was shared and read exponentially more than anything else I’ve written. This tells me...

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A Ninja from the Desert

In 2018, we managed to attend the German Fanconi Family Meeting. It was nice to meet FAmilies and find answers to many of our questions. In Germany, it was confirmed that Omar needed a bone marrow transplant as soon as...

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2020 Recipient of the Winn/Byrd Award: Maria Isabel Rodríguez Ribero

Congratulations to Maria Isabel Rodríguez Ribero! Maria is a mother, English teacher, master’s student, and community volunteer who lives in San Gil, Colombia. Now 33 years old, Maria was diagnosed at age 11. As a teenager, Maria remembers not understanding...

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A diagnosis of FA amidst a global pandemic

In hindsight, while I wouldn’t wish the way we found out about Elliott’s condition on anyone, it gave us time to reflect and be prepared to fight for Elliott. Included in the test results was a link to the Fanconi...

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Toxic Positivity: It’s okay not to be okay

What is toxic positivity? Toxic positivity is the excess and ineffective overgeneralization of a happy, optimistic state across all situations. This results in denial, minimization, and invalidation of the authentic human emotional experience. We see manifestations of toxic positivity around...

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