Fanconi anemia is a rare inherited condition that can affect the thumbs. Some people with the condition may be born with extra, missing, or misshapen thumbs. While Fanconi anemia does not affect the ...

Mutations in FANCX appear to cause a lethal form of Fanconi anemia, a finding that sheds light on unexplained pregnancy loss and offers new avenues for genetic screening. Fanconi anemia is an ...

Fanconi anemia is a rare inherited condition that can cause bone marrow failure, physical abnormalities, and an increased risk of some cancers. Symptoms include tiredness, infections, easy bruising, ...

Fanconi anemia is an aggressive, life-threatening disorder. Most individuals living with this rare genetic condition, characterized by bone marrow failure and cancer predisposition, survive into ...

Phase I clinical trial results suggest that an antibody treatment, used in combination with other drugs, enabled stem cell transplants for three children with Fanconi anemia without toxic busulfan ...

Having already altered the journey of its rare disease gene therapy to a hoped-for FDA approval, Rocket Pharmaceuticals has now aborted the mission entirely. The biotech initiated a rolling biologics ...

Individuals with the inherited disorder Fanconi anemia cannot properly repair damage to their DNA, increasing risk of cancers such as head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).

Five years ago, an organization for a rare disease I had never heard of, Fanconi anemia (FA), contacted me, hoping I could help their community. For the first time, individuals with FA—a rare disorder ...