
KJ Patel, from the LMB’s PNAC Division, has been awarded the Award of Merit for his ‘revolutionary work on aldehyde toxicity in Fanconi anemia hematopoietic cells’ by the Board of Directors of the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund.
Fanconi Anemia (FA) is a rare, cancer-predisposing disorder affecting about 150 or more families in the UK (the true extent is unknown). FA is present at birth, and causes progressive bone marrow failure.