Supported Research

Search by keyword:


Full Archive


Phase 1: Pilot Study of Metformin for Patients with Fanconi Anemia

2018 | Clinical Trial | Akiko Shimamura

Grant description: Low blood counts due to bone marrow failure are a common complication of Fanconi anemia (FA) which affect health and quality of life. Metformin improves blood counts in mice with FA and may protect against DNA damage. Laboratory studies suggest that Metformin may be protective…

Quercetin chemoprevention for Squamous cell carcinoma in patients with Fanconi anemia

2018 | Clinical Trial | Parinda Mehta

Excessive toxicity from chemotherapy and radiation makes treatment for SCC in FA quite challenging and leads to dismal outcomes, in fact fatal outcomes in most patients. Thus, there is clearly a need for a new approach both for prevention and/or treatment that has fewer and less severe side effects.…

Reducing the burden of squamous cell carcinoma in Fanconi anemia - 2018

2018 | Service Grant | Ralf Dietrich, Eunike Velleuer

Eighty percent of FA patients survive beyond age 20, carry a high risk for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the oropharyngeal and anogenital regions connected with high morbidity and mortality. In addition to intrinsic genetic instability, HSCT and a number of other factors contribute to the…

The Fanconi Anemia Cancer Translational Resource

2018 | Research Grant | Raymond Monnat, Jr.

Fanconi anemia (FA) patients are at exceptionally high risk of developing epithelial cancers. We aim to identify features of these cancers that provide new insight into their origins, and better ways to treat these cancers in the context of FA patients. As part of this Resource we will develop and…

Use of triplex-forming PNAs as a strategy for correction of the FA phenotype (continued)

2018 | Research Grant | Peter Glazer, Gary Kupfer

As a monogenic blood disorder with potential survival disadvantage, Fanconi anemia has long been considered an attractive target for conventional gene therapy but success has been elusive. Consequently, there has been increasing interest in developing techniques to catalyze correction of the…

Defining tractable approaches for gene editing of Fanconi Anemia hematopoietic stem cells

2017 | Research Grant | Jacob Corn

My lab has developed a rapid and efficacious Cas9-based approach to introduce programmed sequence changes to human cells with ease. This work takes advantage of our discovery that Cas9 is extremely long-lived on its target DNA, yet releases a flap of single stranded DNA after cleavage. By using…

Engineering Fanconi Anemia Hematopoietic Stem Cells from Human iPS Cells

2017 | Research Grant | George Q. Daley, Grant Rowe

Current therapy for FA is limited to allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT), a process associated with significant morbidity and mortality, particularly when an ideally matched donor is not readily available. Therefore, novel therapies that improve or replace SCT are needed. Progress in FA…

Field-Coverage Oral Cancer Chemoprevention via Janus Nanoparticles

2017 | Research Grant | Joerg Lahann, Susan Mallery

By virtue of their inability to repair a specific form of DNA damage, persons with Fanconi Anemia (FA) are appreciably more susceptible to development of certain cancers. Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), which arises from the lining cells of the mouth, occurs at >500 fold higher incidence in…

Pilot Study of Metformin for Patients with Fanconi Anemia

2017 | Clinical Trial | Akiko Shimamura

The objective of this proposal is to conduct a pilot study of metformin to treat FA. This pilot study will explore whether Metformin is safe and efficacious in improving hematopoiesis in patients with Fanconi Anemia. We will focus on pediatric and young adult patients with FA to determine safety,…

TGF-β pathway inhibitors for the treatment of bone marrow failure in Fanconi anemia

2017 | Research Grant | Alan D’Andrea

Fanconi anemia (FA) patients suffer from progressive bone marrow failure due to the defective hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in their bone marrow. The mechanisms of why the HSCs in FA patients are defective remain elusive. Recent studies suggest that DNA damage induced by physiological stress or…

The prevention of DNA damage in Fanconi anemia HSC by ALDH activators

2017 | Research Grant | Daria Mochly-Rosen, Kenneth Weinberg

The cause of injury and loss of blood-forming stem cells (Hematopoietic Stem Cells, HSC) in Fanconi anemia is due to abnormal repair of a specific type of DNA damage in which two DNA strands get permanently knotted to each other. This type of injury probably occurs frequently but is normally…

Use of triplex-forming PNAs as a strategy for correction of the FA phenotype

2017 | Research Grant | Peter Glazer, Gary Kupfer

As a monogenic blood disorder with potential survival disadvantage, Fanconi anemia has long been considered an attractive target for conventional gene therapy but success has been elusive. Consequently, there has been increasing interest in developing techniques to catalyze correction of the…