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 ...

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 (FA) is a rare, inherited disease primarily affecting children. While the outcome for people with FA tends to be poor, researchers predict that newer molecular and gene therapies can ...

For almost 50 years, Fanconi anemia has been associated with leukemia. Not just among those who have the genetic disorder but among their family members, whose genes, they were told, made them highly ...

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

An antibody treatment developed at Stanford Medicine successfully prepared patients for stem cell transplants without toxic busulfan chemotherapy or radiation, a phase 1 clinical trial has shown.

A plastic sheet hangs over the entry to what will one day be a mudroom at the Kriner home in the Town of Maine. Right now it's a construction zone, with rickety floor boards, exposed walls and ...

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 ...