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2024 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.

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Central nervous system abnormalities in Fanconi anemia

Fanconi anemia (FA) is associated with progressive bone marrow failure, cancer predisposition, and multiple congenital abnormalities. Brain atrophy and other abnormalities of the brain have also been reported, although the cause of these abnormalities and recommendations for clinical care are...

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Advancements in Aldehyde Research

Aldehydes, including acetaldehyde and formaldehyde, can cause DNA damage by inducing DNA interstrand crosslinks, which cause damage to hematopoietic stem cells, leading to bone marrow failure and cancer in people with Fanconi anemia (FA). Exposure to aldehydes is inevitable and...

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Bone Marrow Failure: Clinical Trials

Pilot Study on Metformin A National Institutes of Health program project grant on Fanconi anemia (FA) led by Dr. Markus Grompe at Oregon Health & Science University identified that metformin (a drug approved by the FDA to treat type II...

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Research Update: Cancer in FA

Fanconi anemia (FA) is a hereditary disorder with a high predisposition to cancer, especially leukemia and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the most common SCC diagnosed in people with FA. Diagnosis typically occurs...

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Grant Rowe Receives the David B. Frohnmayer Early Investigator Award

The David B. Frohnmayer Early Investigator Award was inaugurated in 2015, months after FARF co-founder Dave Frohnmayer passed away. One of his most salient leadership traits was his ability to recognize talent in others and inspire them to solve important...

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Is targeting the FA pathway a promising way to treat Fanconi anemia patients?

Mutations in 23 Fanconi anemia (FA) genes cause defects in DNA repair, which leads to chromosome instability, bone marrow failure, malformations, and susceptibility to cancer. The most well-described role of FA genes in DNA repair is known as the “canonical”...

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