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Cancer Prevention in Fanconi Anemia through Alleviating Formaldehyde Genotoxicity

In collaboration with the American Association for Cancer Research, a global leader in cancer research, we've presented Dr. Wang with the 2024 Fanconi Cancer Foundation-AACR NextGen Grant for Transformative Cancer Research. Through this groundbreaking work, Dr. Wang seeks to prevent...

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Oral Cavity Gene Therapy

This supplemental funding builds on the groundwork laid by the 2022 grant awarded to Drs. Markus Grompe and Raymond Monnat, titled Oral Mucosal Gene Therapy as a Prevention for FA-Associated Cancers. The proposed research focuses on reducing the risk of...

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Small Molecule Screening in Fanconi Anemia Mice

This supplemental funding builds on the work from the 2020 Fanconi Cancer Foundation grant awarded to Dr. Grompe, titled Chemoprevention of Cancer in Fanconi Anemia, and additional research supported by the Stand Up To Cancer head and neck cancer team...

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Extended Funding: Development of In Utero Therapies for Fanconi Anemia

This is an extension of a project funded in 2023. Correcting FA mutations in all cells of the body may prevent issues such as bone marrow failure and cancer in people with FA. Since mutations in FA genes start during...

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Spatial Analysis of FA Tumors for Detection of Their Immune Repertoire and Potential Actionable Targets

Fanconi anemia (FA) patients show an increased predisposition to squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). Tumors, being complex cellular ecosystems, are composed of a myriad of different cell types including malignant cells, infiltrating immune cells, fibroblasts, and endothelial cells. Interactions among these...

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Transforming Treatment of Inherited Bone Marrow Failure in Fanconi Anemia by Precise In Vivo Genome Editing

Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare inherited bone marrow failure syndrome characterized by chromosomal abnormalities and increased susceptibility to cancer. Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation is currently the only treatment for bone marrow failure, but its use is limited by the...

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