What does FA stand for?

Fanconi Anemia (form of aplastic anemia)

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The Frohnmayers founded the Eugene-based Fanconi Anemia Research Fund 21 years ago to fund research of Fanconi anemia, a rare genetic disorder.

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Fanconi Anemia type c All five types of Fanconi Anemia, a red and white blood cell and platelet deficiency, are inherited, but Type C is the most common.

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Other subjects discussed include the pathology of male breast cancer, fruit intake and the risk of breast cancer, the role of mammography in the diagnosis and screening of breast cancer among an Egyptian cohort, and the relationship between how Fanconi anemia and breast cancer.

Frontiers In Breast Cancer Research

The family doesn't want their 5-year-old to know how life-threatening her disease, Fanconi anemia, is.

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So far, the disorders include female fragile X syndrome (carrier), Fanconi anemia A, 1 bp deletion (carrier), neurofibromatosis type 1 (five cell lines), myotonic dystrophy (two cell lines), Marfan syndrome, [beta]-globin mutation IVS 1-1 (carrier), [beta]-thalassemia, and Becker muscular dystrophy.

Stem cell lines with genetic disorders could benefit research

in Northridge to find a bone marrow match to help a 13-year-old Valencia boy with Fanconi anemia.

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Children born with Fanconi anemia die young unless they receive healthy, transplanted, blood-producing stem cells.

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An extensive body of evidence has demonstrated the sensitivity of Fanconi anemia (FA) cells to redox-active xenobiotics, such as mitomycin C, diepoxybutane, cisplatin, and 8-methoxypsoralen plus ultraviolet irradiation, with toxicity mechanisms that are consistent with a deficiency of FA cells in coping with oxidative stress.

Oxidative stress-related mechanisms are associated with xenobiotics ...