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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Peter Pless
Board Member | MD
Father of Julia
Peter Pless is board certified in Internal Medicine and Dermatology, has a private practice in dermatology and is active on the medical staff at the Meadville Medical Center in Meadville, Penn. He is a clinical instructor at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, Penn. and a lecturer for the Nurse Practitioner Program at Edinboro University.
As a parent of two daughters, one a young adult with Fanconi anemia, his interest on the board is to help advance the goals of the founders. Notably, this entails increasing understanding of FA so that treatment and preventable strategies can improve the quality of life for those who have this disease. His goal is to direct funding, with the help of scientists, to support research studies.
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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....
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